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Bill: Socialist Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist People's Party (SPP)
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 4153
Description[?]:
| Before the elections are held, the SPP, along with the LOR will create these changes to impose as much socialism as possible into our nation |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards civilians who conscientiously object to being required to perform military service (if applicable).
Old value:: Conscientious objectors can be exempted from combatant roles, but not from non-combatant roles.
Current: Conscientious objectors can be exempted from combatant roles, but not from non-combatant roles.
Proposed: Conscientious objectors are exempted.
Article 2
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 a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Current: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Proposed: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Article 6
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:: Only open shops are legal.
Current: This issue is decided by local governments.
Proposed: Union shops and agency shops are legal, but closed shops are not.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:58:26, January 17, 2017 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform |
| Message | Isn't it ironic that the socialistic parties, who claim to be in support of the rights of the workers, will not recognize the workers' rights to be free from union membership, union fees, and union coercion, even when the workers themselves desire to be free from such constraints? Isn't it ironic that the far left, who claim to speak for the voiceless, poorest men, want to raise minimum wage to such a point that companies cannot afford to hire unskilled workers at all, or would not hire them even if they could, because their value to the company would not be worth the wages they would be payed? Socialism, in general, is an ideology which leads to poverty, oppression, and ultimately tyranny. It is not an ideology whose primary intention is to protect the working class, but an ideology whose intentions are always rooted in the nefarious quest for totalitarian power. The Republican Party will always oppose these sorts of measures which hurt the economy and the lower class, and which are fundamentally contradictory to the values of a democratic society. --Amelia Haden |
| Date | 22:05:42, January 18, 2017 CET | From | Unionist Progress Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform |
| Message | We do not agree with Article 4 but we strongly support the bill overall. |
| Date | 22:40:56, January 18, 2017 CET | From |  Democratic Socialist Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Socialist Reform |
| Message | The Republican's objections are based on a misinterpretation of this proposal. Closed shops, union shops, and agency shops are all VOLUNTARY arrangements between a union and an employer; why should any such arrangements be banned, if both parties agree? We suggest the Republicans try informing themselves before committing to such an embarrassingly overblown response. As for the rest of their rant, we suggest that they calm themselves with a whisky before they give themselves strokes. The working man of Rutania is not fooled by their crocodile tears. |
| Date | 02:23:43, January 19, 2017 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform |
| Message | How is it a voluntary agreement if the employee is forced to pay union fees even though they are not part a union, or are forced to join a union after a certain period of time? Our "crocodile tears" come from the fact that the working class does not agree to such arrangements, and ought not be forced accept them as such. |
| Date | 10:16:49, January 19, 2017 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Socialist Reform |
| Message | It is a voluntary agreement between the union and the employer. The potential employee that comes along later has no right to demand the end of that agreement, and has the option to join the union and take the job, or look elsewhere. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 76 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 160 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 64 |
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