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Bill: The Economic Regulation and Redistribution Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Páirtí Liobraíoch Sóisialach
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: August 4118
Description[?]:
| This Bill is meant to increase the power of the people in the face of large corporations and provide easily accessible opportunities to thrive without the fear of large, faceless corporations annihilating their chance and their human right to try and succeed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 2
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 most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: The government competitively subcontracts security management to private security firms.
Current: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Proposed: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Current: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Proposed: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state does not provide child benefit.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:00:03, November 09, 2016 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the The Economic Regulation and Redistribution Bill |
| Message | We're in favour of all of the articles as the bill stands right now ... except we're strongly opposed to the one where the overbearing government intrudes and forbids kids from voluntarily choosing to participate in any economically-relevant activity whatsoever. If this passes, we will seek to reverse that one article. (Meanwhile, the pension one we would prefer to be voluntary, but nevertheless the proposal here is better than the current law is.) As I had written in recent bills http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=486550 http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=489107 http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=490428 Strongly opposed. I am OOCly baffled at how so much of the Particracy playerbase is so thoroughly and implacably opposed, to kids voluntarily choosing to supplement their allowances via such things as newspaper routes and lemonade stands, if they wish. Voluntarily. Any and all potential abuses, are prevented by the regulations which are mentioned in the article. |
| Date | 14:25:45, November 09, 2016 CET | From | Páirtí Liobraíoch Sóisialach | To | Debating the The Economic Regulation and Redistribution Bill |
| Message | I agree with you, the forbiddance of child labour was a step too far. That particular article has been deleted. I have also adjusted the pension system proposal to address your qualms. Hopefully, you are now fully in favor of this bill. |
| Date | 21:00:13, November 09, 2016 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the The Economic Regulation and Redistribution Bill |
| Message | Thank you very much! :) and yes, all of these look fine to us. |
| Date | 23:32:55, November 09, 2016 CET | From | Alternative for Kirlawa | To | Debating the The Economic Regulation and Redistribution Bill |
| Message | If this bill was broken up into separate bills we would be able to support 2 Articles. |
| Date | 23:42:54, November 09, 2016 CET | From | Páirtí Liobraíoch Sóisialach | To | Debating the The Economic Regulation and Redistribution Bill |
| Message | Which articles would those be? Because at some point in the future, I would like all of these passed, but even two of them would be better than the system we have currently. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 331 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 386 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where players introduce RP laws to a nation and then leave, Moderation reserves the discretion to declare the RP laws void if they appear to have fallen into disuse. In particular, please bear in mind that a player who is inexperienced with Particracy role-play and has joined a nation as the only party there should not generally be expected to abide by RP laws implemented by previous players who have been and left. |
| Random quote: "What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?" - Abraham Lincoln |