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Bill: Real Deal
Details
Submitted by[?]: Habonim Dror
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 2229
Description[?]:
| To promote a culture of equality and economic decency. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
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: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely private.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Article 4
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 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 | 21:24:28, May 14, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Real Deal |
| Message | Oh my god. are you kidding me? The second after I erase my entire shpiel regarding how each of these provisions are terrible, you go ahead and reinstate the bill?!?!? no sense to you. my boy, no sense. |
| Date | 21:27:12, May 14, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Real Deal |
| Message | And like I said earlier, (with the backup evidence to come later) Each of these provisions actually CREATES a culture where economic and social decency do not exist. a cultural and economic elite are created, and meanwhile the poor are left homeless and without jobs while our middle and upper class flee this country to areas of more economic equity. rediculous... socialism and socialist policies are the scourge of this and every nation, adn they should be sought out and destroyed. Keynesian economics are only good if done in moderation, and unfortunately for those people that seek to cripple our productive classes, public sector services and excessive regulation do not help our people. |
| Date | 06:26:40, May 18, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Real Deal |
| Message | My Case against the minimum wage, to protect the working class http://www.house.gov/jec/cost-gov/regs/minimum/against/against.htm My Case against UNWARRANTED higher taxes, and higher taxes in general, again to protect the working class http://www2.jsonline.com/bym/news/jan03/112145.asp My (Friedmans) Case against Public owned enterprise, ESPECIALLY health care, again to protect the working class http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1357032/posts My case against Child Labor, to create a more prosperous working class and middle class http://www.childlaborphotoproject.org/childlabor.html I will be happy to clear up any questions. |
| Date | 06:28:08, May 18, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Real Deal |
| Message | "Minimum wage workers are not parents struggling to feed their children. Rather, they are high school or college students living at home. The level of the minimum wage is irrelevant for most people in poverty. Only 9.2 percent of poor people of working age have full-time jobs." "All credible research has come to the same conclusion: raising the minimum wage hurts the poor. It takes away jobs, keeps people on welfare, and encourages high-school students to drop out. Policy makers should be clear on the consequence of higher minimum wages." |
| Date | 03:10:03, May 21, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Real Deal |
| Message | jive suckas |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 138 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 139 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 203 |
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