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Bill: Free market Act of 4190
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: September 4191
Description[?]:
| -We must reform our nations policies to ensure a fair and free market. Regulation 1.1 The nationwide daily working hour maximum shall be 10 hours with no more than 60 hours maximum per week. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
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 to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).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 only forbidden in specific sectors of the economy.
Current: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Proposed: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:02:18, April 04, 2017 CET | From |  Whig Party | To | Debating the Free market Act of 4190 |
| Message | Open to debate |
| Date | 20:03:55, April 04, 2017 CET | From | Rutania Party | To | Debating the Free market Act of 4190 |
| Message | The RP agrees with articles 2-4, however will not support article 1 |
| Date | 21:08:39, April 04, 2017 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Free market Act of 4190 |
| Message | The Rutania Party voted against the change that adopted a central bank, would the Rutania Party prefer an alternative? |
| Date | 00:12:03, April 05, 2017 CET | From | Rutania Party | To | Debating the Free market Act of 4190 |
| Message | We would like to thank the Whigs for catching the RPs mistake in communication. Sorry for the missunderstanding, the RP can not support article 3 |
| Date | 01:09:01, April 05, 2017 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Free market Act of 4190 |
| Message | The provision for firing striking workers has been replaced with a revision of minimum wage policy. In a free market wage is an agreement between employers and employees, workers have the tools of unions, business shouldnt be mandated to pay a certain amount. |
| Date | 01:52:27, April 05, 2017 CET | From | Rutania Party | To | Debating the Free market Act of 4190 |
| Message | The RP can support this |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 285 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 215 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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