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Bill: LPU Manifesto-Economics
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freeborn Luthorians/Freeborn Coalition
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: October 4026
Description[?]:
| "We are dedicated Communists in the LPU, there for we must prove our support via advocating state owner ship of all industry and enforced Socialism" Art. 1 Quote From the LPU Manifesto; "We the LPU see that if should be that no corporate body will advertise itself, poisoning the minds of Luthori and forcing Luthorians to subconsciously buy things that are worthless and even unsafe" Art. 2 Quote from the LPU Manifesto; "We as a united front and nation cannot store our money in the dirty hands of the greedy parasite, there for nationalizing all banks will ensure two things: economic soundness and safety of the workers pounds" |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 5
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 does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All veterans shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: 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 certain period of time.
Proposed: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 9
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 does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:44:14, April 20, 2016 CET | From | Conservative Right | To | Debating the LPU Manifesto-Economics |
| Message | Mr Speaker It look like the communists are really doing their best to run this country in to the ground with these mental proposals. The free market has given us such a incredible standard of living. Not socialism that just ends in death and suffering Sara Bennett Health and Social services Minster (CR) |
| Date | 03:26:56, April 21, 2016 CET | From | Freeborn Luthorians/Freeborn Coalition | To | Debating the LPU Manifesto-Economics |
| Message | "Get your grubby hands off our bills!" The LPU MPs shouted back |
| Date | 02:39:35, May 10, 2016 CET | From | National Party of Luthori | To | Debating the LPU Manifesto-Economics |
| Message | OOC: There's no LPU MPs. |
| Date | 03:25:45, May 10, 2016 CET | From | Freeborn Luthorians/Freeborn Coalition | To | Debating the LPU Manifesto-Economics |
| Message | (Well we can't propose? I'm just Going to say it was communists in the HSP for the time being) |
| Date | 06:41:07, May 10, 2016 CET | From | National Party of Luthori | To | Debating the LPU Manifesto-Economics |
| Message | Either way, welcome back. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 389 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 90 |
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