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Bill: HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL)
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: April 4751
Description[?]:
| This bill will raise the minimum wage. Dominic "Domingo" Dominguez Leader of the House |
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:53:14, May 02, 2020 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act |
| Message | Debate shall proceed with this bill Ana Velasquez Presiding Officer of the House |
| Date | 00:51:35, May 03, 2020 CET | From | Conservative Renew | To | Debating the HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act |
| Message | My Fellow Peers, Why does this government wish to destroy our economic progress and hurt the middle class, lower class and small businesses? By passage of this bill no improvement will be made on those lives only additional hardship. Small businesses will either layoff a worker or not hire more, inflation will likely resume and lower income families will have less job security and opportunity. This will also halt upward mobility as there will be less available capital by business both big and small. Mark my words if this continues we will be back to the same conditions as before the SCP took power! Landon Granderson Leader of the Opposition |
| Date | 02:41:23, May 03, 2020 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act |
| Message | Hurt the lower class?The wage cuts you did hurt the lower class.Of course, the SCP cares more about a natural process which wasn’t out of control before they reduced it than the wages of the workers.Inflation will rise, but only slightly and the wage increase offsets the slight inflation increase as more people would be able to afford it.Small businesses were able to pay it before your party cut the wages, they will be able pay it now, and if your workers can’t afford to even eat or not be homeless, then you shouldn’t have a business. Dominic “Domingo” Dominguez Leader of the House |
| Date | 14:10:32, May 03, 2020 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act |
| Message | Voting will start as it seems everyone who wanted to debate has debated. Ana Velasquez Presiding Officer of the House. |
| Date | 14:11:16, May 03, 2020 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act |
| Message | SPP votes: Yes:1,866 No:0 Abstain:0 |
| Date | 18:37:43, May 03, 2020 CET | From | Conservative Renew | To | Debating the HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act |
| Message | SCP vote: Yes: 81 No: 1,289 Abstain:4 |
| Date | 20:08:11, May 03, 2020 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act |
| Message | The Yays are 1,947, the Nays, 1,289, with 4 abstaining.Therefore, I declare that this bill has the sufficient amount of votes to go to Parliament.The Yays have it! Ana Velasquez Presiding Officer of the House |
| Date | 20:08:58, May 03, 2020 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the HOUSE OF PEERS:Living Wage Act |
| Message | OOC:Whoops forgot to remove the House of Peers tag |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 135 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 120 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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