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Bill: Reduction in the National Minimum Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ducal Delegation
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: February 2201
Description[?]:
| We have long argued that the minimum wage is counter-productive, throwing workers onto the scrapheap of unemployment and poverty. To reduce the harm done by this, we are proposing to at least begin reducing the national minimum wage. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
Proposals
Article 1
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 that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 221 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 280 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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