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Bill: Economic Revolution
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Democratic Party
Status[?]: passed
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 3960
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: All advertising is prohibited.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Public financing of political campaigns
Old value:: All candidates receive public funds, and can still accept donations.
Current: All candidates receive public funds, and can still accept donations.
Proposed: Candidates that accept public funds cannot accept donations.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 30
Current: 0
Proposed: 25
Article 4
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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Current: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Proposed: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Article 6
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 government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Current: All forms of pornography are illegal.
Proposed: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for everyone.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Current: The government discriminates against minorities in its hiring.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government law concerning the sales of recreational drugs.
Old value:: The government is entirely responsible for the controlled sales of recreational drugs through operating stores and other locations.
Current: Sales of recreational drugs within the nation are prohibited by the law.
Proposed: Sales of recreational drugs is completely unregulated.
Article 11
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 and are unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:00:35, December 30, 2015 CET | From | RISE Movement | To | Debating the Economic Revolution |
| Message | Don't let this law pass! It will cripple the country from the bottom up! Protect our working classes, don't destory our minimum wage!!! |
| Date | 13:56:20, December 30, 2015 CET | From | Revolutionary Zennyist Party | To | Debating the Economic Revolution |
| Message | Can't wait to destroy all this garbage once you're not in power. |
| Date | 18:15:26, December 30, 2015 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Economic Revolution |
| Message | This is not garbage in the slightest. This will allow our economy to boom. |
| Date | 19:58:58, December 30, 2015 CET | From | Liberal National Party | To | Debating the Economic Revolution |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, we agree with 70% of this bill and it is a free vote for our party but we are in coaltion with one another so we will support |
| Date | 20:47:36, December 30, 2015 CET | From | RISE Movement | To | Debating the Economic Revolution |
| Message | Prime Minister, Please have some sence, to abolish the minimum wage is to let our people be unprotected from the rath of big business. You cannot possibly let this happen. Please PM, all other parties apposs this devastating bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 247 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 178 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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