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Bill: Economic Democracy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democratic 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: July 2332
Description[?]:
| The economy exists for the benefit of all the people. In order to ensure this it is the people, the workers and consumers, who must control it and who must have the power. The NDP proposes these measures to advance the cause of democratic socialism in Ikradon and ensure social justice. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
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 requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:26:36, December 17, 2006 CET | From |  Progressive Centrist Democrats | To | Debating the Economic Democracy Act |
| Message | We always opposed the DWCs and will not support their reimplementation. |
| Date | 11:18:05, December 17, 2006 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Economic Democracy Act |
| Message | The NCP fiercely opposes. |
| Date | 19:29:02, December 17, 2006 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Economic Democracy Act |
| Message | While we are wary of going too far too fast, the Striving Toward A Revolutionary Tomorrow Universalist Party will support, as a gesture of support for unions and DWCs. |
| Date | 05:55:35, December 20, 2006 CET | From | Ikradone Nationalsozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Economic Democracy Act |
| Message | Absolutely not. DWC's are inefficent, and if strikers are protected, then they become indulgent. |
| Date | 07:24:57, December 21, 2006 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Economic Democracy Act |
| Message | Not necessarily. While of course social efficiency (balance of individual and societal benefit) is more likely to be achieved, the incentives for economic efficiency (use of resources) exist because the workers themselves now own the company and its profitability directly impacts their own income. Furthermore, since profit is disincentivised, more of the money will go into investment and wages - an injection back into the economy which promotes more growth and development. Taking out the ownership of the elite and putting it into the hands of the workers themselves will not create less efficiency in general. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 100 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 342 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 157 |
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