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Bill: Minimum Wage
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperial Malivian 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: June 2185
Description[?]:
| Ahhhh so much needs reforming |
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 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:18:28, February 11, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | No, we can't allow our workers to be exploited by large companies. The minimum wage is a necessary protection for our citizens. |
| Date | 14:05:31, February 11, 2006 CET | From | Meritocratic Progressive Union | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | We are shocked. How can the IRP suggest such a horrible reform? How can they offer to throw many of our citizens into poverty? |
| Date | 14:17:31, February 11, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | No |
| Date | 04:02:38, February 12, 2006 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | not to popular there IRP. We agree with the others this should not pass. |
| Date | 06:43:56, February 12, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | We agree with all statements above. To protect our citizens, a guarantee of a wage should be in place. |
| Date | 16:36:45, February 12, 2006 CET | From | Imperial Malivian Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | Ah well we tried |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 102 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 197 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner." Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), Knights, 424 B.C. |