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Bill: Back to Work Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hacia Casa
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 3567
Description[?]:
| At over 11%, unemployment in eastern Egelia is unacceptably high. Urgent action is needed to get people back to work. We therefore propose: - a reduction in corporation tax from 10 to 8%, encouraging companies to expand instead of laying off staff. - a reduction in the minimum wage, to prevent the low-skilled from being priced out of the jobs market. - tax breaks and subsidies for worker co-ops, encouraging a growth in the "third sector". - giving the go-ahead to GM farming techniques to halt the decline in eastern Egelian agriculture. - subsidies for artistic and cultural projects that generate jobs for our economy. Fabricio Alvarado MP Leader of Hacia Casa |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Art subsidies
Old value:: The government never subsidises art, but may commission artworks for its own use.
Current: The government subsidises artistic institutions such as art schools and galleries, but does not subsidise individual artists.
Proposed: The government subsidises artistic institutions and some artists on a case by case basis.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 10
Current: 22
Proposed: 8
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:34:00, October 24, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Wiki Maintenance Group | To | Debating the Back to Work Act |
| Message | Mr.Speaker, This bill is itself a contradiction.While encouraging working-class authority through DWC's,it also allows the pollution of the food supply by franken-foods,a reduction in a basic working right,the minimum wage,which only further alienate the already dissatisfied work force from the government,and allow the corporate Robber Barons to continue to pocket profits with another tax cut.The VBSM will present it's own real solutions bill. Maximo Salazar Jefe de Partido |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 129 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 171 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 99 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public." - Kin Hubbard |