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Bill: Market Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Party of Sekowo
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: June 2318
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is illegal unless taking place in a licensed casino.
Current: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Current: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
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 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 that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is illegal.
Current: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Proposed: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:00:36, November 23, 2006 CET | From | Sekowan Social-Democractic Party | To | Debating the Market Bill |
| Message | I'll be damned if we'll go back to the Guilded Age. Against. |
| Date | 00:54:57, November 23, 2006 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Market Bill |
| Message | Guilded Age? What's that? |
| Date | 04:40:29, November 23, 2006 CET | From | Sekowan Social-Democractic Party | To | Debating the Market Bill |
| Message | OOC: It's the period during the Industrial Revolution in America when poverty was rampant. |
| Date | 08:08:38, November 28, 2006 CET | From | Cruzada Tradicionalista Sekowana | To | Debating the Market Bill |
| Message | Gilded Age Like a veneer of gold over cheap junk. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 18 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 39 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Judge me all you want, just keep the verdict to yourself." - From a Winston advertisement |