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Bill: Workers Co-Operative Act (2293)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltarian Nationalist 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: May 2294
Description[?]:
| To truly encourage a utopian workers state, the government of Hobrazia should encourage the workers to take a hands on role in the running of their business. The state shall remain the owner but any union willing to take charge of their industry shall be encouraged to do so under the watchful eye of government. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:25:15, October 03, 2006 CET | From |  National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Workers Co-Operative Act (2293) |
| Message | Aye. |
| Date | 18:40:50, October 03, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Workers Co-Operative Act (2293) |
| Message | No. Why should DMC's receive preferential treatment over any other sort of business? If they are so much better then there should be a natural shift toward them, exempting them from taxation and subsidising them merely continues the belief that they are not as effective and need assistance operate. |
| Date | 17:44:41, October 04, 2006 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Workers Co-Operative Act (2293) |
| Message | Not really. Giving them tax breaks would mean that they can pay better bonus to staff and give them better perks. Taxation is in place to force the rich to help the poor, this would mean the proletariat help themselves because there would no longer be fatcats raking in as much from the hard toil of the worker. |
| Date | 21:09:11, October 04, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Workers Co-Operative Act (2293) |
| Message | In which case they do not require the tax breaks. If there are no "fatcats" raking in as much from the hard toil of the worker, that money immediately becomes available to the cooperative thusly allowing them to pay "better perks" so allowing them subsidies or exemptions is not required. |
| Date | 07:57:57, October 05, 2006 CET | From | HSP (Hobrazian Socialist Party) | To | Debating the Workers Co-Operative Act (2293) |
| Message | There not a buisness WSS!P, and if they where a buisness, I'd expect you and the former CP to be the first people to give them a tax break. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 114 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 286 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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