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Bill: Jobs for Beluzia Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluz Citizen's Justice Party
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 3671
Description[?]:
| Bill will create economic growth. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Closed shops are places of employment where only members of a specific union are allowed to work; union shops can hire non-members, but these have to become members after a certain time; agency shops can hire non-members, who have to pay a fee to cover the unions costs. All three are erected by union agreements. (Only valid if unions are legal)
Old value:: This issue is decided by local governments.
Current: This issue is decided by local governments.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation allows for imports, but imposes tariffs and quotas in certain areas.
Current: The nation allows for imports, but imposes "ethical" tariffs on nations with lower environmental and labour rights standards.
Proposed: The nation allows for imports, but imposes protectionist tariffs and quotas on all imports.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 55
Current: 60
Proposed: 52
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: The government owns the stock exchange(s).
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:51:17, May 21, 2014 CET | From | Communist Coalition of Beluzia | To | Debating the Jobs for Beluzia Bill |
| Message | i don't know what to vote... I'm for the articles 1, 2, 6, 7; against the articles 3, 4, 8; neutral with the 5. I think I'll vote no |
| Date | 08:03:47, May 21, 2014 CET | From | Communist Coalition of Beluzia | To | Debating the Jobs for Beluzia Bill |
| Message | ... I'm for the articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7; against the articles 8; neutral with the 5. But I'll vote yes... not sure here. Because stock exchanges are going to be forbidden in one of my future bills... |
| Date | 23:24:55, May 22, 2014 CET | From | Beluz Citizen's Justice Party | To | Debating the Jobs for Beluzia Bill |
| Message | The stock exchanges will increase economic growth and the corporate tax can be raised to increase government surplus. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 203 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 318 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 229 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them." - Mark Twain |