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Bill: Small Business Growth Plan
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: September 4078
Description[?]:
| By eliminating needless regulations upon small business owners, we can increase economic growth and create new jobs leading to an increase in time of tax revenue and decrease in government spending. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: The sale of food is unregulated.
Proposed: The sale of food is unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Current: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Proposed: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Current: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Current: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Proposed: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Whaling is illegal.
Current: Commercial whaling is legal and not subject to restrictions.
Proposed: Commercial whaling is legal and not subject to restrictions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:05:45, August 21, 2016 CET | From |  Party of the Democratic Revolution | To | Debating the Small Business Growth Plan |
| Message | I as a whole agree with this bill, except the whaling part. The SNP is a pro-animal rights party so we oppose this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 297 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 453 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "Hunger makes a thief of any man." - Pearl S. Buck |