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Bill: The Free Market Movement
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fight For Your Right To 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: May 2212
Description[?]:
| This is in an effort to square ourselves with the reducing of corporation and luxury goods tax. If the people want a less regulated market, let's give them more control over it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 8
Current: 15
Proposed: 6
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 25
Proposed: 8
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Proposed: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:33:38, April 06, 2006 CET | From |   Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry' | To | Debating the The Free Market Movement |
| Message | Strike 3 and 5 for us to even consider this. As for your bursaries, we couldn't fund them with the tax cuts. As for the absence of ascertaining democratic majority in unions before they strike, a free market doesn't allow declarations of spontaneous mass slacking. Civil disobedience must be organised - there is a difference between it and destabilising civil disorder. |
| Date | 21:40:51, April 06, 2006 CET | From | Fight For Your Right To Party | To | Debating the The Free Market Movement |
| Message | Let the people learn the hard way. Plus there's enough spare in the finance system to take the proposed tax cuts. |
| Date | 08:45:34, April 07, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the The Free Market Movement |
| Message | While the Libertarian party supports the tax cuts, we are also concerned about providing for a minimum income subsidy as it only acts as an incentive for people to not work as hard to earn as a living since the government will pick up the tab. So long as employers are free to hire replacement workers in the event of a strike, the market will ensure that people are paid appropriately for the work they perform. ((OOC: It should be noted that back around the game year 2202, I did a review of Pontesi's finances to determine exactly what was Pontesi's total treasury (since this forum does not keep a running total, and just merely identifies whether there is a surplus or deficit), and I calculated that the national treasury as of 2202 should hold around 1.188 Trillion PON. Enough to almost pay 5 years worth of expenses at the 239 Billion PON original funding level. Not that it matters or anything...)) |
| Date | 15:45:44, April 07, 2006 CET | From | Fight For Your Right To Party | To | Debating the The Free Market Movement |
| Message | With the free market proposals above, people should be more inclined to work, given that they now have more rights; therefore, since we offer only basic sustenance on the dole, only people who actually can't get a job will be using it. |
| Date | 17:17:19, April 07, 2006 CET | From | Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry' | To | Debating the The Free Market Movement |
| Message | It remains a sad fact that people abuse such facilities. It is a naive and callous practice to assume that as soon as law is made that everyone adheres to it. |
| Date | 17:32:44, April 07, 2006 CET | From | One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the The Free Market Movement |
| Message | Have you costed this proposal in accordance of the budget after the passing of the lower income tax bill? |
| Date | 12:25:37, April 08, 2006 CET | From | Fight For Your Right To Party | To | Debating the The Free Market Movement |
| Message | As far as I can tell, the Government will still be in profit. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 66 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 42 |
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