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Bill: SLP - Minimum Wage
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Liberal Party
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 2297
Description[?]:
| The minimum wage law will reduce exploitation and will stimulate consumption by puting more money in the hands of poor Lusitanians who tend to spend their entire paychecks. This my friends, is positve liberty. Warren Buffett, Minister of Finance. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:30:34, October 11, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the SLP - Minimum Wage |
| Message | The Conservative Party has to disagree with the Mr. Buffett. A minimum wage will just promote unemployment. If one has to pay for a job a certain compulsory minimum quantity when there are others that would eventually accept that same job for a less payment the probable result is an employer prefering not to offer that job but just to transfer/accumulate it to other of its employers. Besides that, this stimulates comodism instead of stimulating initiave and "hard" working (in a positive way). We condemn and refuse this measure as this will have no positive effects in consumption. |
| Date | 21:20:01, October 11, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the SLP - Minimum Wage |
| Message | Allow me to retort. There is no consensus among economists that will unequivocally stand by what you have just finished stating. It is obvious that an excessively high minimum wage will cause unemployment, but there is no conclusive evidence that states that a low minimum wage, such as the one we propose, will. What we do know is that 90% of the worlds nations have some form of minimum wage. 72% of the nations in this game have some form of minimum wage. Also several of our regions rank among the top in the game, with the lowest unemployment. The province of Kozaria for example has unemployment at 2.56%, ranking 4th overall. We are confident this is the best course of action. |
| Date | 21:27:29, October 11, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the SLP - Minimum Wage |
| Message | Kozaria ranks 4th in world unemployment ranking thanks to the policy of no minimum wage followed by the governments of the Partido Democrata-Cristão, Partido Liberal and Partido Popular. |
| Date | 21:40:41, October 11, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the SLP - Minimum Wage |
| Message | We will be dilligent to monitor the effects of these laws and repsond accordingly. Currently we feel this protection necessary. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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