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Bill: Paint the Country Red
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Gishoto
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: July 2226
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Current: 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.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is illegal.
Current: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Proposed: There is a state monopoly on prostitution.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
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 | 02:44:51, May 11, 2006 CET | From |  Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Paint the Country Red |
| Message | And we get called radicals. No to Big Brother. |
| Date | 04:09:21, May 11, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Gishoto | To | Debating the Paint the Country Red |
| Message | This bill has nothing to do with surveillance so your analogy to Big Brother is incorrect |
| Date | 09:12:42, May 11, 2006 CET | From | Stalemate Equality Party | To | Debating the Paint the Country Red |
| Message | Yes to all bat 2, 3,4. Remove two of them, and you have our aupport. |
| Date | 12:46:36, May 11, 2006 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Paint the Country Red |
| Message | When the government begins controlling every aspect of your economic life, there is very little to stop the behemoth from moving on to your social. |
| Date | 20:36:54, May 11, 2006 CET | From | Young Peoples of Gishoto | To | Debating the Paint the Country Red |
| Message | Yes to everything except for 5,4, and 6. |
| Date | 23:57:54, May 11, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Gishoto | To | Debating the Paint the Country Red |
| Message | We believe in the rights of the worker and surveillance goes against that. |
| Date | 00:16:02, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Paint the Country Red |
| Message | Employers need to work as well, and how is mandating union membership a right? Sounds like coercion to us. |
| Date | 03:41:07, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Gishoto | To | Debating the Paint the Country Red |
| Message | Employers oppress the workers |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 41 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 45 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 14 |
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