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Bill: Smaller Government Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partidul Poporului Noului Endralon
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: May 4129
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, The NEPP believes that a smaller government is best for the people. The unneccesary interventions into our lives are destroying the nation and good business. Andros Lakatos Leader of the NEPP |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 3
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of advertising of substances classified as addictive and harmful (if general advertising by companies is permitted and sale of the addictive/harmful products is allowed).
Old value:: Advertising is restricted and has to carry strong warning messages.
Current: Advertising is legal and unregulated.
Proposed: Advertising is legal and unregulated.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies are required to label food and beverage products somewhere on the package.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: There are no laws concerning food and beverage labeling.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government recommends food safety standards, but they are not enforced upon businesses.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change
Scope of food ingredient labeling (if present).
Old value:: All ingredients must be listed.
Current: All ingredients and corresponding nutritional information must be listed.
Proposed: Only the major ingredients need to be listed.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Current: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 137 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 464 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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