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Bill: Free Markets
Details
Submitted by[?]: מפלגה שמרנית וקדוש מש
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: November 3950
Description[?]:
| Free markets are more efficient and less oppressive. Am I the only person who thinks it's ironic a 'people's' party disagrees with people being able to run their own businesses? Humphrey Goldberg Conservative Party |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 50
Current: 18
Proposed: 30
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: Stock exchanges are banned.
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:43:23, December 10, 2015 CET | From | Revolutionary Communist Party | To | Debating the Free Markets |
| Message | Private property is inherently more oppressive than workers controlling their workplaces democratically. This is a sham of a bill. |
| Date | 20:11:25, December 10, 2015 CET | From | מפלגה שמרנית וקדוש מש | To | Debating the Free Markets |
| Message | But public business is owned by the government. It is the inefficient, unstable beaurocracy that runs the business. The consumer is the person who should be treated above and beyond, not an ordinary worker. A business that allows you to rise up and down and allows you to take high level positions, not government officials, is far more democratic than the strangling regulations you uphold. |
| Date | 00:11:59, December 11, 2015 CET | From | Revolutionary Communist Party | To | Debating the Free Markets |
| Message | It seems the Conservative Party is so misguided in its economics that it fails to see the worker as a consumer and a producer. We fail to see how businesses owned by a few unelected individuals who prioritize profits for themselves would be any more democratic than the workers having control of their workplaces and their economy. The state represents the workers in the economy, private individuals merely represent themselves. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 183 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 264 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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