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Bill: Minimum Wage Increase
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Stability 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 3759
Description[?]:
| Our people should not have to suffer the burden of a low minimum wage when trying to support a family. The NSP believes all people deserve a living wage. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:17:11, November 15, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Realism Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Increase |
| Message | Minimum wage decreases jobs. Here's what a company will do if there's a higher minimun wage: Let's say a company has 100 dollars per hour to spend on wages. They pay 10 workers $10 an hour. Then, let's say the minimum wage is raised to $14 an hour. Then, the company will pay 7 workers a wage of $14 an hour, and then 3 workers get laid off. Would you rather have 10 workers just barely getting by, or 7 workers barely getting by but not in as big of trouble with 3 people starving and homeless? That's what I thought. We are against this bill! |
| Date | 00:58:57, November 15, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Realism Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Increase |
| Message | Why do the commies regect this? |
| Date | 01:00:27, November 15, 2014 CET | From | National Stability Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Increase |
| Message | You are overlooking the fact that a minimum wage increase only helps small business and large corporations. Minimum wage increases reduce employee turnover, which in turn, reduces employee training costs, and also puts more money in the pocket of consumers, which they can then spend on products. A low minimum wage will just make income inequality grow. |
| Date | 04:31:31, November 15, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Realism Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Increase |
| Message | If we had a stable, non-dynamic population, I'd be all for it, but minimum wage is proven to increase unemployment. We can't let that happen to our country. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 325 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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