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Bill: Tom Rand Business Federalism Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Democratic 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: October 3822
Description[?]:
| "I feel business needs less government and more freedom. Vote for freedom." ~Tom Rand, Finance Director of the LPS and Minister of trade and Industry |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government discriminates against minorities in its hiring.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Proposed: Local governments regulates the daily working hours.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:48:26, March 28, 2015 CET | From |  Federal Green Party (FGP) | To | Debating the Tom Rand Business Federalism Act |
| Message | We would vote in favor of Article 2 by itself. We cannot, however, vote for a bill that permits discrimination in the workplace. How is it freedom for people to not be able to get a job somewhere based solely on their race, religion, or gender? I do not consider myself free if I cannot even get a job due to something that I have no control over. Not getting a job because you are under qualified? Sure, this makes sense. Not getting it solely due to my race. I'm sorry, but there is nothing anyone can do to change that. As a result it is a ridiculous thing to allow for. We know this bill is specifically about positive discrimination, but to say that the government should not regulate hiring policies at all would open up a terrible scenario for minorities in our country. |
| Date | 03:12:27, March 29, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Tom Rand Business Federalism Act |
| Message | "Listen, it's impossible to truly tell whether a business is discriminating based on race. Even if anti-discrimination laws are in place in the hiring world, racists still discriminate subconsciously." ~Amy Smith, Secondary Chairman of the LPS |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 223 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 302 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life brand names (eg. Coca Cola, McDonalds, Microsoft). However, in the case of military equipment brand names it is permitted to use simple number-letter combinations (eg. T-90 and F-22) borrowed from real life, and also simple generic names, like those of animals (eg. Leopard and Jaguar). |
| Random quote: "Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair." - George Burns |