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Bill: Worker Co-operatives Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Solidarität
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: October 3621
Description[?]:
| Herr Präsident, Worker co-ops are a fantastic way of developing our economy along fair and egalitarian lines that give every person a say in decisions and a stake in the future. We must do everything to encourage them! Max Siegel Chairman of Solidarity Leader of the Opposition |
Proposals
Article 1
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 encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
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 | 11:26:39, February 12, 2014 CET | From | Liberale Volkspartei | To | Debating the Worker Co-operatives Act |
| Message | Herr Präsident, I reognize the positive impetus worker cooperatives can have on the economy, and agree that in some circumstances they can even be a successful business model, but I strongly object to government picking winners and losers on the market, and therefore distorting competition. Workers should be free to set up and run cooperatives with their joint capital, but this capital should come from themselves - which is possibly only through encouraging savings through low taxes - and should not have to be propped up by the taxpayers. Sepp Holzinger, MdR LVP-Mitrania Wirtschaftsminister |
| Date | 14:13:54, February 12, 2014 CET | From | Solidarität | To | Debating the Worker Co-operatives Act |
| Message | Herr Präsident, I am disappointed this proposal has not met with more support in the Reichstag. This was a real opportunity to move our economy towards a fairer and more democratic model. Max Siegel MdR Chairman of Solidarity Leader of the Opposition |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 147 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 496 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
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