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Bill: Federal Economic Modernization Act (FEMA) of 3903
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Freedom 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: February 3904
Description[?]:
To modernize the regulatory state and allow for an opening of private enterprise in Beluz. The bill comprehensively undoes most malicious policies which tie our population's income down, does not allow hard-working entrepreneurs to succeed, and limits some of the most profitable industries, energy, telecommunications, and defense, to be squandered through government management. The stock market should be an example of our nation's rich and diverse economy, freely operating and making our population all the richer, not just another agency of state. Beluz must be a free and open market economy if it intends to succeed in the world. Regulation is for the protection of the citizenry, not the profiteering of government bureaucrats. Democratic Worker's Councils should be allowed to operate business, but the government should not be actively encouraging or discouraging any one type of management accommodation, it should be left to the business itself. Workers need more income in their pocket, and factories need more workers on the floor, who is the government to force workers to stop working beyond a set of hours or employers to stop employing people for more than an allowed period of time per day. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Local governments regulate foreign investments.
Current: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
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 obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone 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:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: There is a national maximum wage but local governments may enforce stricter salary caps.
Current: Labour unions and organizations of employers negotiate a salary cap.
Proposed: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: The government owns the stock exchange(s).
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 13:53:02, September 07, 2015 CET | From | Beluzian Coalition of the Regions | To | Debating the Federal Economic Modernization Act (FEMA) of 3903 |
Message | Very bad idea. The workers need to be protected and it should bevde local democracies to control it. |
Date | 16:27:28, September 07, 2015 CET | From | National Freedom Party | To | Debating the Federal Economic Modernization Act (FEMA) of 3903 |
Message | I would stress how the workers are being protected, and would be even more protected by the proposed changes than they are now under the status quo. Ill go Article by Article. Article 1) The state cannot be expected to fairly bargain with a workers union when the state is in the end the ultimate controller of welfare, not only for union workers, but for all workers. Governments would not and do not provide as many protections to workers because the pressure workers can apply is simply minute compared to how much workers matter to a private businessman and company. The pressure they can apply as skilled workers who are needed to keep the profit streaming to the top will force the top to make adjustments for workers and treat them fairly. The government could care less about the stream of profit because they care about the product, so they wouldn't mind union workers being mistreated insofar as the product keep getting built. Article 2) Foreign investment is a trademark of globalization and global commerce. Workers need work, there is at least 9% unemployment in all of our states and someone needs to put these workers back to work, foreigners can do that when Beluzian nationals fail to do so. Union regulations apply to employers within Beluz irrelevant of foreign or national status, so workers rights are not an issue. Article 3) I can understand why you'd think the proposal on Daily Workin Hours somehow strips workers of their rights, but I can clarify how this would be a wrong interpretation. Workers are logical and rational beings just like employers, and they act in their better interest, just like employers, so yes,employers will demand more hours, but the worker does not have to fulfill this command and instead can look for a more willing employer who fits the schedule he desires or he can collaborate with a union and pressure the employer to respect the schedule he wants, there are other outfits the employer can turn to for rights besides the government and we should be encouraging the private sector unions and private sector businessmen to handle these issues themselves with as little government intervention as possible. Article 4 seems to be completely natural and does not create workers rights issues. Article 5) An employee that strikes for reasons not valid, neither in solidarity with a union or as part of a larger employer-employee struggle is simply a worker refusing to work and that is valid reason for termination anywhere in the world. Strikes are essential tools of the union establishment and should not be sullied by workers who see them as free vacations. Article 6) The most important reform as I see it. Privatization will only ever help the union regime, as explained in my detailed support of Article 1. Article 7) Government should be caring for its least fortunate and helping them rise up, not making all of its people fall into that lesser bracket. A maximum salary cap limits the human spirit and does not allow for the natural effects of motivation and entrepreneurial drive to express themselves. Humans are animals capable of incredible production and we should to stymie that. If anything, this government should be finding more ways to unleash our populations creativity and encourage them to do more and better. Article 8) This protects lower income families while not increasing the government budget through unnecessary spending like buying phones for those who can afford them on their own. Article 9) There are nations where 48 percent of the population invest in the stock market. This is a sign of how much of a profit-driver a stock market can be, and naturally the least regulated it is the more profit it will create, and the more profit it creates the more money is driven directly into our citizenry's bank accounts. Article 10) The one proposal I think the Iliathar National Party and the Communist Party take most issue with. Something is not working right now. Unemployment is high and our tax brackets are evidence that people are not prospering. This last Article I suggest as an extra stimulus that could always be reversed. I suggest that the private sector organize itself however it wants to organize, the government has little business commandeering business and imposing management structures on business that are failing or struggling. I implore you to please vote yes and take a chance for the betterment of our people. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||
yes | Total Seats: 61 | ||
no |
Total Seats: 281 | ||
abstain | Total Seats: 108 |
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