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Bill: Economic act of 3931
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alorian Liberty Alliance (ALA)
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: August 3932
Description[?]:
| This bill contains 4 articles of economic deregulation and 1 article of guaranteed unconditional minimal income, which we think is essential for freedom because it compensates freedom loss from privately owned land. And it eliminates wage slavery without rewarding laziness . |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Local governments regulates the daily working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Current: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:55:09, November 03, 2015 CET | From | Conservative | To | Debating the Economic act of 3931 |
| Message | The CPA supports most of the provisions. However, we disagree regarding minimum wage and minimum income regulation. Our leadership contends that the current legislation strikes the right chord. - CPA |
| Date | 03:26:29, November 04, 2015 CET | From | Conservative | To | Debating the Economic act of 3931 |
| Message | After deliberation on the basis of the many goodies it contained, the party leadership decided to put this bill up for a free vote. The representatives voted overwhelmingly in support of the Economic Act of 3931. - CPA |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 144 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 192 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 209 |
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| Random quote: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people and neither do we." - George W. Bush |