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Bill: Investment Encouragement Initiative
Details
Submitted by[?]: Whig Party
Status[?]: passed
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 4177
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Collective bargaining
Old value:: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Current: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Proposed: No employees may engage in collective bargaining
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions are illegal.
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 to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Current: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Proposed: Monopolies are only forbidden in specific sectors of the economy.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All strikes are illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:45:51, March 07, 2017 CET | From | Civic Republican League of Rutania | To | Debating the Investment Encouragement Initiative |
| Message | It appears the government intends to take us back to the age of robber barons and debtors' prisons. The public will not stand for this. |
| Date | 20:31:35, March 07, 2017 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Investment Encouragement Initiative |
| Message | We are restoring a free market. |
| Date | 20:37:23, March 07, 2017 CET | From | Civic Republican League of Rutania | To | Debating the Investment Encouragement Initiative |
| Message | And the "free" market gave us robber barons and debtors prisons. Free markets are not the same as free people. |
| Date | 20:38:17, March 07, 2017 CET | From |  Democratic Socialist Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Investment Encouragement Initiative |
| Message | We prefer free people to free markets. |
| Date | 22:22:59, March 07, 2017 CET | From | New People's Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Investment Encouragement Initiative |
| Message | This bill is evil and destorys worker's rights. |
| Date | 02:03:32, March 08, 2017 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Investment Encouragement Initiative |
| Message | This bill will destroy the stranglehold the Unions have held for far to long, this bill will reverse a century of Socialism, a free people cannot be free without access to truly free markets. The left wing speaks as if this bill legalizes slavery, workers will still work of their own free will. We suspect that this bill will encourage a flurry of investment in the nation after its passage. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 226 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 76 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 98 |
| Random fact: Did you know you can change the official name of your nation? All you need to do is draw up a new name that is in accordance with the Nation Renaming Guide, pass a bill proposing the name change with a two-thirds majority and then post a request to Moderation on the "Renaming Requests" thread. You can change city and region names in this way too. |
| Random quote: "Capitalism demands the best of every man- his rationality- and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he likes, to specialize in it, to trade his product for the products of others, and to go as far on the road of achievement as his ability and ambition will carry him." - Ayn Rand |