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Bill: PNM Economic Manifesto
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's National Unity Movement (RDL)
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: February 2169
Description[?]:
| These are brave days in Rildanor, the Babylonian idiocy of monarchic rule comes to an end, on these foundations we can build a nation fit for all our people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Proposed: Foreign investors are not allowed to invest in national companies.
Article 2
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 acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 3
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.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:29:59, January 05, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Coalition | To | Debating the PNM Economic Manifesto |
| Message | You should seperate all this so it has more chance of passing. |
| Date | 07:47:46, January 06, 2006 CET | From | Devout Ecologists Party | To | Debating the PNM Economic Manifesto |
| Message | And what have these proposals to do with the Monarchy and the foundation? Give further explanation, please. And ofcourse, what the Proletariat Coalition said. Seperating is better. |
| Date | 12:12:40, January 06, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Coalition | To | Debating the PNM Economic Manifesto |
| Message | I agree with the last two but not the first. |
| Date | 04:01:58, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the PNM Economic Manifesto |
| Message | I don't know. I'm not sure I want to take my party down the socialist road. |
| Date | 00:16:36, January 08, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Coalition | To | Debating the PNM Economic Manifesto |
| Message | You think this guy is going to come back to put this to vote? |
| Date | 00:17:39, January 08, 2006 CET | From |  Parti Citron de Rildanor | To | Debating the PNM Economic Manifesto |
| Message | Nope. |
| Date | 22:13:14, January 08, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the PNM Economic Manifesto |
| Message | O well, lol. |
| Date | 00:28:10, January 09, 2006 CET | From | People's National Unity Movement (RDL) | To | Debating the PNM Economic Manifesto |
| Message | sorry been away a bit |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 54 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 46 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "It makes no difference, in principle, if this 'collective will' is divined by the edicts of a dictator or by majority vote, so long as the rights of the individual may still be sacrificed." - Robert Garmong |