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Bill: Failing Economy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Voter Apathy 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: December 2199
Description[?]:
| Our country has some of the worst unemployment numbers in all of Terra. We need to shake up the economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 5
Current: 5
Proposed: 2
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 30
Current: 21
Proposed: 20
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:51:30, March 13, 2006 CET | From |  Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Failing Economy |
| Message | We support your tax proposals, and the article about foreign investment, but, as it stands now, we will not vote yes on this bill. |
| Date | 03:14:01, March 13, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Failing Economy |
| Message | Remove articles 1,4,6 for a yes vote from the LSA. |
| Date | 08:05:05, March 13, 2006 CET | From | Social Democratic Centrists | To | Debating the Failing Economy |
| Message | We can accept this |
| Date | 08:19:34, March 13, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Failing Economy |
| Message | We can accept all but 1...at least put regulations on the energy companies... |
| Date | 16:10:52, March 13, 2006 CET | From | Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Failing Economy |
| Message | Sorry no can do. We need radical changes to jump start the economy. |
| Date | 06:38:19, March 14, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Failing Economy |
| Message | This mad bill will only make poor families starve and cause energy companies to gouge them out of every last penny. SDC, better you should take your socialist hat and eat it. |
| Date | 08:53:40, March 14, 2006 CET | From | Social Democratic Centrists | To | Debating the Failing Economy |
| Message | We shall vote against this, if you vow to keep things secular LSA. It is of utmost importance to us. But realise that this would mean an increased cooperation between the LSA and the SDC |
| Date | 13:20:31, March 14, 2006 CET | From | Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Failing Economy |
| Message | LSA, just vote this down and keep the economy in the dump with unbelievable unemployment rates. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 160 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 179 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 411 |
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