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Bill: Socialism Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Socialist Front of Aloria
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: July 2214
Description[?]:
| To firmly establish socialism in our state |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Current: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Local governments regulate foreign investments.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: 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.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Current: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Proposed: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Current: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Proposed: There is a national police department, funded by the government.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:31:27, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria (DL/APRA) | To | Debating the Socialism Bill |
| Message | We wholeheartedly support all of the progressive economic and national security policies put forth in this bill. |
| Date | 20:56:35, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Socialism Bill |
| Message | We agree with this |
| Date | 12:51:01, April 13, 2006 CET | From |  Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Socialism Bill |
| Message | Stop proposing megabills! |
| Date | 13:08:11, April 13, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria (DL/APRA) | To | Debating the Socialism Bill |
| Message | It is a form of protest against the tyrranical rule of the Independent Capitalist Party. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 315 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 245 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
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