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Bill: Productive capitalism II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Stark und Stolz
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: January 4340
Description[?]:
| These proposals further our objective for a better system. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 2
Proposed: 4
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:02:57, January 26, 2018 CET | From | Sozialistische Volkspartei von Dundorf | To | Debating the Productive capitalism II |
| Message | We can't support. Although we like a1 and a2, secondary strike action is integral to empowering the working class and helping them to fight for their own rights, and thus we can't support something that would allow the state to violently repress unions and workers. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 254 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 246 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Freedom is not America's gift to the world. It is God's gift to humanity. " - George W. Bush |