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Bill: Dr. Zoidberg's Economic Reform
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: November 2213
Description[?]:
| Dr. Zoidberg's proposed articles that need to be passed to remove the welfare state of mind from this country. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state does not provide child benefit.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Current: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
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 certain period of time.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:41:00, April 07, 2006 CET | From |  Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Dr. Zoidberg's Economic Reform |
| Message | No. How many times must we vote this down? |
| Date | 02:54:47, April 07, 2006 CET | From | Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Dr. Zoidberg's Economic Reform |
| Message | Just In case you missed the last election, number of seats held by parties have changed. We will see what happens when this gets debated and put up for a vote. |
| Date | 03:04:00, April 07, 2006 CET | From | Social Democratic Centrists | To | Debating the Dr. Zoidberg's Economic Reform |
| Message | Never. Not if I can help it. |
| Date | 04:38:47, April 07, 2006 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Dr. Zoidberg's Economic Reform |
| Message | Sounds pretty good. |
| Date | 16:41:45, April 07, 2006 CET | From | Peasants League | To | Debating the Dr. Zoidberg's Economic Reform |
| Message | There are better options for all four articles, we shall not support this Bill in its current form. |
| Date | 03:08:18, April 08, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Dr. Zoidberg's Economic Reform |
| Message | Peasants' League, if you can claim to support the peasants, you will not support this. Farmers will be hurt by this bill, and urban workers also. Rich capitalist landowners will gain wealth, though. |
| Date | 16:44:06, April 08, 2006 CET | From | Peasants League | To | Debating the Dr. Zoidberg's Economic Reform |
| Message | If we can claim to support the Peasants? We are the peasants. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 278 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 391 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 48 |
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| Random quote: "I am a conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few." - Benjamin Disraeli |