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Bill: Wage Reform Act 4053
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Progressive Party
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: March 4054
Description[?]:
| This act abolishes the minimum wage in exchange for introducing a modest basic income. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
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 certian period of time.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Article 2
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:42:51, July 03, 2016 CET | From | Conservative Right | To | Debating the Wage Reform Act 4053 |
| Message | We support that there shall be no minimum wage but we simply can not support the second article. Socialism. Wilma Urquhart Prime Minister |
| Date | 23:50:34, July 03, 2016 CET | From | Luthori Progressive Party | To | Debating the Wage Reform Act 4053 |
| Message | What does the Conservative Right propose to ensure that workers have a basic standard of living and do not "fall through the cracks" in the absence of a minimum wage? The LPP supports a "living wage" in the absence of a basic income, but we believe that the basic income is a better safety net. |
| Date | 00:15:24, July 04, 2016 CET | From | Conservative Right | To | Debating the Wage Reform Act 4053 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The free market will make sure that wages stay high in a country as well off as ours. If companies have too low wages then no one will want to work for them. We would instead suggest a law to prevent '' mob wage''. Meaning that it would not be allowed for all companies to come together and push down wages. Anders Borg. Candidate for Finance |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 178 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 382 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 105 |
| Random fact: It is the collective responsibility of the players in a nation to ensure all currently binding RP laws are clearly outlined in an OOC reference bill in the "Bills under debate" section of the nation page. Confusion should not be created by displaying only some of the current RP laws or displaying RP laws which are no longer current. |
| Random quote: "The political ballot box stands for willingness to be ruled by somebody other than yourself." - Alvin Lowi, Jr. |