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Bill: Cooperative Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Soziale Gegenseitigkeitspartei
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: March 4333
Description[?]:
| Classifies 'Corporations' as businesses run in a hierarchical fashion for profit. Ensures that mutual working agreements between a group of people don't get taxed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:43:30, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Soziale Gegenseitigkeitspartei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | Council. We believe that this bill will increase competition across the Republic, ultimately lowering prices and jump-starting Dorvikian industry. We also see this bill as one that increases the rights of the worker, allowing them to demand better working rights from standard corporations. We would like to remind any doubters of the effectiveness of this bill that most tax profits come from income tax, which still exists for each worker. Natalie Schaefer SGP Chairperson for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 13:03:28, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | Frau Schaefer, I believe that subsidies should only be given to businesses in exceptional circumstances. The subsidies proposed are going to a sluggish management system that is ultimately bound to fail and actually reduces competition by filling the market with these kinds of businesses. A DWC is not a vessel by which to achieve worker satisfaction, ultimately it is a many-headed elephant that cannot stand. Rather than focusing on work continuity in our economy, we should be focusing on work progression in our economy. Céline Schroeder State Chancellor Co-Leader of the Bright Alliance |
| Date | 17:25:37, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Soziale Gegenseitigkeitspartei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | Frau Schroeder, DWC's work effectively across the world, even in capitalist countries. Apart from that, a DWC provides competition in the market for workers rights. Natalie Schaefer SGP Chairperson for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 17:46:30, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | Frau Schaefer, They do not work effectively. You are making unsubstantiated claims. If they need to be subsidised to play a major part in the market, that says a lot. Céline Schroeder State Chancellor Co-Leader of the Bright Alliance |
| Date | 18:08:57, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Soziale Gegenseitigkeitspartei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | Frau Schaefer, May I direct your attention to the wine growing region of Kundrati, where coops have taken an especially strong foothold? (OOC: Referring to the Mondragon Corporation in Spain) Natalie Schaefer SGP Chairperson for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 18:09:29, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Soziale Gegenseitigkeitspartei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | * Frau Schroeder |
| Date | 19:31:55, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | Frau Schaefer, May I direct your attention to my economics degree? Céline Schroeder State Chancellor Co-Leader of the Bright Alliance |
| Date | 19:58:25, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Soziale Gegenseitigkeitspartei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | Frau Schroeder, You are dismissing a coop that has existed for 60 years as unworkable. I ask you to examine your own reasoning before resorting to ad hominem attacks. Tareec Salem SGP Chairperson for Transport and Infrastructure. |
| Date | 19:58:50, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Soziale Gegenseitigkeitspartei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | *Natalie Schaefer SGP Chairperson for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 19:58:51, January 13, 2018 CET | From | Soziale Gegenseitigkeitspartei | To | Debating the Cooperative Bill |
| Message | *Natalie Schaefer SGP Chairperson for Trade and Industry |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 174 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 356 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 28 |
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| Random quote: "When there's a single thief, it's robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it's taxation. " -Vanya Cohen |