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Bill: Social Democratic Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Konfederacio Nacia Laboro
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: October 4009
Description[?]:
| We understand that we will not be able to pass any true reform unless we have a majority, but we hope to at least relieve some of the worst of the capitalist system from the People. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Local governments regulates the daily working hours.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:51:58, April 03, 2016 CET | From |  Konfederacio Nacia Laboro | To | Debating the Social Democratic Reform |
| Message | We would like to open the floor to debate. |
| Date | 23:00:13, April 03, 2016 CET | From | Zardio Federisma Partio | To | Debating the Social Democratic Reform |
| Message | Mr Speaker, This is entirely out of line. These so called reforms will only stifle the economy with unproductive state owned enterprises and burdensome regulation. Terra is only now salvaging itself from a massive war and you want to threaten national economic turmoil in this atmosphere. Mr Speaker, clearly the party opposite is not ready for power. We expect grave mismanagement over this. |
| Date | 23:07:11, April 03, 2016 CET | From | Konfederacio Nacia Laboro | To | Debating the Social Democratic Reform |
| Message | Mr.Speaker, we understand your opposition to the creation of state owned enterprises, but this bill does not increase economic regulation. In fact it does the opposite by not stifling the economy every few years with a crackdown on "monopolies" which cost workers their jobs and causes corruption as smaller enterprises pay off the commission in charge of monopolies to get rid of larger competitors. |
| Date | 02:48:00, April 05, 2016 CET | From | Demokrata Partio | To | Debating the Social Democratic Reform |
| Message | We request that no. 3 bans firing workers for striking altogether. We oppose article 6. Other than that we support. |
| Date | 02:48:55, April 05, 2016 CET | From | Konfederacio Nacia Laboro | To | Debating the Social Democratic Reform |
| Message | OOC: Which one is article 6? |
| Date | 20:05:02, April 05, 2016 CET | From | Demokrata Partio | To | Debating the Social Democratic Reform |
| Message | OOC: the monopoly one. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 253 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 212 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "This administration is not sympathetic to corporations; it is indentured to corporations." - Ralph Nader |