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Bill: Free Economy Act (December 3738)
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Vorona
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: September 3739
Description[?]:
| This act will bring much needed reform and freedom to our economy that has been strangulated by the shackles of socialism for a number of years now. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 30
Current: 45
Proposed: 20
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Current: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Proposed: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Exchange rate regime
Old value:: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, and the government does not intervene at all.
Current: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, and the government does not intervene at all.
Proposed: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, but the government is permitted to intervene when necessary.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 7
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 full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Current: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Proposed: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: The government owns the stock exchange(s).
Current: The government has no position on the proliferation of stock exchanges.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:19:13, October 07, 2014 CET | From | Vorona Independent Conservative Party | To | Debating the Free Economy Act (December 3738) |
| Message | I disagree with Articles 1,3,10, and 8 fix those, and I'll vote yes |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 151 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 299 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: When elections in a country are held, all bills in the voting phase are reset to the debate phase. |
| Random quote: "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river." - Ross Perot |