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Bill: Wage Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluz People's Party (BPP)
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 4134
Description[?]:
| One more step toward eliminating poverty in Beluzia |
Proposals
Article 1
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 full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:57:19, December 11, 2016 CET | From | Freedom Socialist Party | To | Debating the Wage Reform |
| Message | Greetings, friends!!! As usual, your great parliamentaries are working and proposing reforms in the intent of abolishing social injustice and eliminating poverty and inequality in our great country. The only problem we have is that we don't really see how this changes would be benefficial to those intents we all have. If your party are willing to make an point and explain the reasonings behind the changes, we would happily listen and weight the arguments to make an final decision. Article 1 is the biggest head-scratcher for us. Our current law provides an minimum wage big enough to maintain all workers "well above" the poverty line. The proposal will make an cut in said wage, friends. It would still be good enough, considering the worker would be able to support a family of four, but this is less than what we currently have. Considering what your party wishes to achieve with the changing, we believe keeping the currently law as it is would be better than chaning it. Article 2 is more debatable, we think. But again, not for the purposes your party wishes to achieve. If the proposition were based in aliviating costs in the time of crisis, than we would understand the reasoning. But to better the lives of our workers? We fail to see how. Once again, we're always open for debating, but offering an optional private pension could open up some dangerous possibilities. First of all, we would be willing to concede such an vital social function of our state (in our perspective) to companies that are "naturally" profit-based. Their interests are not always in conformity with the betterment of the population because of that. But in addition, we would be unprotected against politicians deciding to act as lobbyist puppies and corruption in general. After all, it would be quite easy to someone with bad intentions in charge of the public machine to wreck the public pension system, forcing our worker to have to adopt private options. That would be good to the companies and banks that offers those plans. We are here to represent the people, though, not to bring benefits to the elite. Dr. Douglas Coutinho PhD in History and Education President and Founder of the People's Coutinho Party |
| Date | 02:11:04, December 12, 2016 CET | From | Beluz People's Party (BPP) | To | Debating the Wage Reform |
| Message | Ooc: I'm withdrawing the bill as I thought article 1 meant a wage increase. Everyone please vote no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 169 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 272 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 159 |
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