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Bill: Economics Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kirlawa Liberal 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: June 3674
Description[?]:
| These changes to the Economics category should be implemented immediately. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 27
Current: 25
Proposed: 25
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 2
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Current: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Proposed: Gambling is illegal unless taking place in a licensed casino.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 47
Current: 33
Proposed: 45
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Proposed: Prostitution is legal but not recognized under government employment regulation policy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:00:07, May 31, 2014 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Economics Reform |
| Message | Very strongly opposed. Especially to the sales tax on essential goods. |
| Date | 20:00:16, May 31, 2014 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Economics Reform |
| Message | And these recent assorted omnibus bills are wretched in another way, too. :( Just reviewed KPJP's positioning on issues ... somehow we've recently been pulled all the way over to "moderate permissive" on the "civil rights" category, along with other unwanted positioning changes. We're sure it's because of bills like this, where we have to vote against the evil imposition of a sales tax onto ordinary people's everyday essential goods (if anything, they should be _subsidised_, not taxed) ... and in so doing are forced to vote against the gambling and prostitution proposals because they were stuffed into the same bill, when we would have been happy to support them separately. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 142 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 456 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 119 |
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