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Bill: Economic Freedom Act
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: June 4377
Description[?]:
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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: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Closed shops are places of employment where only members of a specific union are allowed to work; union shops can hire non-members, but these have to become members after a certain time; agency shops can hire non-members, who have to pay a fee to cover the unions costs. All three are erected by union agreements. (Only valid if unions are legal)
Old value:: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Current: Closed shops, union shops and agency shops are legal.
Proposed: Only open shops are legal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
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 to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).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: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:11:10, April 11, 2018 CET | From | Rutanian Rural Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | Monopolies have nothing to do with economic freedom, they hurt small businesses and they decrease competition. This sort of crony capitalism is bad for the working man and the small business owners. It only benefits the super rich. |
| Date | 17:23:15, April 11, 2018 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | Deregulating the economy allows for greater economic competition and freedom. When the first successful home computer company opened should the government have broken them up because they held a monopoly on an economic sector that they created? The Whig Party believes capitalism should be allowed to operate unfettered by government intervention this is the only way to shake the chains of socialism and communism -Carson Threadgood Former Prime Minister Chairman of the Whig Party |
| Date | 17:49:58, April 11, 2018 CET | From |  Democratic Socialist Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | The Whigs' idea of 'economic freedom': banning co-operatives, restricting the voluntary agreements allowed between unions and firms, attacking workers' rights, and allowing anti-competitive business practice. What next: the 'freedom' to own slaves? |
| Date | 17:58:28, April 11, 2018 CET | From | Rutanian Rural Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | In what way exactly does unregulating monopolies increase competition when even the definition of monopoly is "the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service". Exclusivity is the polar opposite of competition. After all isn't competition the essence of capitalism? Big corporations doing whatever they want is certainly not. |
| Date | 18:26:23, April 11, 2018 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | De-regulating monopolies will allow successful Rutanian companies and corporations the ability to compete internationally un-impeded by the hand of the nanny state. Instead of stifling the success of Rutanian corporations we should encourage their economic success. -Carson Threadgood Former Prime Minister Chairman of the Whig Party |
| Date | 19:09:06, April 11, 2018 CET | From | Rutanian Rural Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | By encouraging their economic success the Whigs propably mean granting these big corporations privileges and oppressing their competitors in exchange for money from their lobbyists. In fact, this scheming between the business class and the political class is what creates monopolies in the first place. Along with the competition element of capitalism, this also takes away the element of risk-taking, as corporations would no longer have to take work hard to become successful. Instead they could just lobby for political and economic power and get their competitors out of the market. Regulating monopolies is a necessary evil to keep our free market competitive and small business friendly. |
| Date | 12:02:26, April 12, 2018 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | Only for the continually of my collation with the Whigs. This is their pre determined condition to supporting my party. The opposition may call us an anti environmentalist party, whichever we are. Plus the others are leftist in nature. |
| Date | 13:39:26, April 12, 2018 CET | From | Rutanian Rural Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | So the "Progressive" party has decided to become a puppet party for the Whigs. This just proves that you don't care about progressiveness, you are just hungry for money and power. Way to go, you just lost all of your credibility in one vote. |
| Date | 14:04:22, April 12, 2018 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | We stand for deregulation and liberalism. It's what I would call political opportunistic. And plus don't give me that holy is thou speech. Let me remind you that you and the Realist Collation supported you. Even I was shocked by the results. Are you bitter that your party couldn't win the presidency? For all I know, the next election could see my party crashing and burning out of the People's Assembly. |
| Date | 16:04:52, April 12, 2018 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | OOC: we got to remember to speak In Character (IC) so these debates dont sound personal.....we are having fun here guys |
| Date | 16:43:02, April 12, 2018 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Under this bill the power of the corrupt unions will finally be curbed in a meaningful way. Under this bill markets in Rutania will thrive and I would venture as far as saying we will more than likely see unemployment fall like never before with the market being unchained and allowed to thrive. Carson Threadgood Former Prime Minister Chairman of the Whig Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 411 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 303 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 36 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "You don't have to explain something you never said." - Calvin Coolidge |