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Bill: Economic Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party
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 4151
Description[?]:
| This act aims to reform the economy, giving more power to the individuals and the market in all regards economically. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Closed shops are places of employment where only members of a specific union are allowed to work; union shops can hire non-members, but these have to become members after a certain time; agency shops can hire non-members, who have to pay a fee to cover the unions costs. All three are erected by union agreements. (Only valid if unions are legal)
Old value:: Union shops and agency shops are legal, but closed shops are not.
Current: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Article 2
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: Hiring policies are regulated by local governments.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:20:11, January 14, 2017 CET | From | Theocratic Party | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act |
| Message | We cannot support Article 2. |
| Date | 08:32:22, January 14, 2017 CET | From | Socialist People's Party (SPP) | To | Debating the Economic Reform Act |
| Message | Restricting workers rights, leaving people in poverty, oh my |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 50 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 99 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 151 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one." - Adolf Hitler |