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Bill: Economic Reform Act of 4115
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党)
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: February 4120
Description[?]:
| Economic Reform Act of 4115 will increase the freedom of our market and get the government and their corporate donors out of it and will remove most of the subsidies provided and regulations |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
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 is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Exchange rate regime
Old value:: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, but the government is permitted to intervene when necessary.
Current: The exchange rate of the national currency is kept within a defined band of fluctuation.
Proposed: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, and the government does not intervene at all.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: Labour unions and organizations of employers negotiate a salary cap.
Current: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Proposed: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Art subsidies
Old value:: The government subsidises artistic institutions and all artists.
Current: The subsidisation of art is left to local governments.
Proposed: The subsidisation of art is left to local governments.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:16:12, November 05, 2016 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | This is an insult to labor rights which this party and previous parties before us have fought for! |
| Date | 12:47:28, November 05, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | We have found that these policies are disproportionately hurting the minorities, youth, and unskilled workers in our country and know that these changes are needed to help them. The majority of our unemployed is these people and we need to stop supporting corrupt unions which are very protectionist and hurting these people. We are subsidizing poverty through these current laws and policies |
| Date | 12:51:51, November 05, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | Some of this is coporate and union welfare and we will not stand for that! We care about all Sekowo citizens not just coporate and union donors which only care about making the most money at the expense of others. We need a free market in which all citizens can rise or fall based on their merits and not just their connections in government! |
| Date | 01:08:48, November 08, 2016 CET | From | 天下党 (Party Under Heaven) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | No |
| Date | 08:46:09, November 08, 2016 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | We disagree. Reducing the amount of power employees have will decrease living standards to the point where a majority of our citizens will be disadvantaged. This proposed bill will cause the very thing you wish to prevent. Completely deregulated capitalism and trickle-down economic policy does not work. |
| Date | 22:16:56, November 09, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | Trickle down is not what this is this is freedom. Capitalism is deregulated thats what it is. Please tell me how the government controlled by the corporations and unions wants more government regulation and yet its still beneficial to the little man. |
| Date | 09:23:23, November 10, 2016 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | Please explain how this government, which seeks to regulate corporations and secure the rights of the workers, is controlled by corporations. If anything your party, which aims for complete deregulation, has the support of the multimillion dollar conglomerates. |
| Date | 01:51:54, November 11, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | The regulation of corporations is about eliminating all competition and is detrimental to competition in the market place. Small businesses do support our party at least the few that are left because of the high taxes, high regulation, and inability to compete against large corporations. You say your party supports the workers yet has caused an increase in unemployment by encouraging businesses to switch to automated systems that require little to no human labor requirements and your party has taken away minorities ability to offer their labor for less to complete against the majority of citizens and we have found that the current system has been found to be a form of kind racism and is discriminatory towards minorities, youth and unskilled labor. The only reason you were able to maintain your parties monopoly so long is because of your corporate and union donors which is part of an endless cycle of money being exchanged at the expense of everyone else. Please keep in mind if this wasn't the case our party would most likely not exist. We will be willing to remove 3 proposals in this bill so that we can try to come to an agreement to oppose the corporations and unions that support these policies for their own profit at everyone else's expense. |
| Date | 21:41:03, November 11, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | If we were supported by multinational companies why would they support the party that encourages competition, opposes their monopolies on sectors of the evonomy, oppose regulations which allows others to compete on a even playing field under law, gives small businesses more power, don't support subsidies, and support a completely free market which means they will make less money due to competition. |
| Date | 01:14:11, November 13, 2016 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | Our nation currently provides jobs in government-run factories for those who cannot find a job. We are striving for the glory days when those with a factory-job could live a middle-class lifestyle. |
| Date | 14:54:09, November 13, 2016 CET | From | Jiyū Party of Sekouo (自由党) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | Maybe we should lower taxes and spending and allow them to get a better higher paying job with a higher income because they went to a higher quality school because the free market made it cheap due to competition so they could afford it but never mind allowing the free market to run its own free course. |
| Date | 00:26:07, November 14, 2016 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act of 4115 |
| Message | Allowing corporations to run free makes them focus only on making money, no matter what the cost. This has been the case in world economies without exception. A completely profit-tun scheme will lead to more wage cuts purely to increase the money of the shareholders and in effect, increase the wage gap. There is no known example where letting corporations run wild has made life better for all. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 178 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 262 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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