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Bill: Growth and Jobs bill
Details
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 3980
Description[?]:
| To encourage foreign investment and to create more jobs in the country. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Local governments regulate foreign investments.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:38:12, February 05, 2016 CET | From | Yoko Kake Meguppātī | To | Debating the Growth and Jobs bill |
| Message | We would support article 1 alone, but will vote against the bill if article 2 is included. |
| Date | 05:38:42, February 05, 2016 CET | From | National Conservative Party of Sekowo | To | Debating the Growth and Jobs bill |
| Message | We do not agree with this bill. |
| Date | 16:21:31, February 05, 2016 CET | From | Sūretsu | To | Debating the Growth and Jobs bill |
| Message | We feel that a minimum wage that allows someone to support a family of 4 is simply unrealistic when faced with a dire need to have employers hire people. We therefore will leave bill as it is despite other parties opposition. |
| Date | 17:32:36, February 06, 2016 CET | From | Yoko Kake Meguppātī | To | Debating the Growth and Jobs bill |
| Message | "We would support a suitably large earned income tax credit instead of a minimum wage, but this is not possible (OOC: game mechanics). In any case, research shows that minimum wages have no real detectable effect on employment. Cutting the minimum wage is just an excuse by Sūretsu and the National Conservative Party of Sekowo to impoverish the populace and enrich the Elites!" - Kodos Fairname |
| Date | 17:43:04, February 06, 2016 CET | From | Yoko Kake Meguppātī | To | Debating the Growth and Jobs bill |
| Message | http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/workingpapers/157-07.pdf |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 44 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 56 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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