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Bill: Minimum Wage Act of May 2213
Details
Submitted by[?]: Proletariat Revolution 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: June 2214
Description[?]:
| All the citizens of Likatonia deserve the right to a steady wave of income. Not all citizens are employed, and it is democratically unfair to take tax payer money and fund a welfare system for those too lathargic to work. Rather than provide a minimum level of income for people who deliberately choose to not work, we should instead provide an incentive for them to seek work. This is done by setting a minimum wage. As an alternative for the physically and mentally disabled persons of Likatonia, the government could help subsidise a form of income for those who are not supported by anyone. Outside of that, those who are capable of working, shouldn't rely on the government and thus, the average tax payer to subsidise their lathargy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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:
| Date | 11:49:49, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act of May 2213 |
| Message | AM Revolution! supports this legislation. |
| Date | 15:08:08, April 11, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act of May 2213 |
| Message | The minimum wage is economically inneffecient, and will burden the poor by forcing employers to either take jobs off the marketplace where the marginal contribution is less than the minimum wage set, or raise prices to enable them to remain profitable, thereby causing an inflationary spiral. Therefore, we must oppose. |
| Date | 23:31:02, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act of May 2213 |
| Message | We agree with the AM RLP here. Better a worker have half a job than no opportunity. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 215 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 286 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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