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Bill: Living Wage Act of 2333
Details
Submitted by[?]: Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi
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 2335
Description[?]:
| A Bill to increase the minimum wage to ensure that no Ikradonian suffers from want. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 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 | 08:36:57, December 24, 2006 CET | From |  Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Living Wage Act of 2333 |
| Message | Cives mundi quicquid necesse est merent. |
| Date | 09:32:26, December 24, 2006 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Living Wage Act of 2333 |
| Message | Great, now they'll try to change that the next time... Anyway, to save time, I like 'em all except the trade act. |
| Date | 10:51:21, December 24, 2006 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Living Wage Act of 2333 |
| Message | The minimum wage should not higher because we do not want people to choose it instead of working. It is a safety net not a way to enrich oneself. The NCP will oppose. |
| Date | 14:02:43, December 24, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Living Wage Act of 2333 |
| Message | We continue to oppose the artificial nature of the "living wage" concept. We wonder whether the NCP has misinterpreted this bill; it is not a welfare bill. |
| Date | 14:10:02, December 24, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Centrist Democrats | To | Debating the Living Wage Act of 2333 |
| Message | We will also oppose. |
| Date | 02:43:38, December 25, 2006 CET | From | Ikradone Nationalsozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Living Wage Act of 2333 |
| Message | This bill is nothing but blind idealism without any sort of reality check. A "living wage" is so broadly defined as to be a gigantic shot in the foot to the economy. It is IMPOSSIBLE for an economy to continue to sustain itself and be forced to provide a "living wage" to every Ikradonian. After all, what is a "living wage?" What does it entitle? That question cannot be answered and agreed upon, and even if it was, it would rape the economy to no end. We have not, will not, and never will support this economic suicide. |
| Date | 04:28:51, December 25, 2006 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Living Wage Act of 2333 |
| Message | The NDP suggests this definition: The living wage shall be calculated annually by the government, by adding the mean cost of food for the worker and one dependant, housing for the worker and one dependant, electricity, water, local telecommunications, schooling for a dependant, and an additional 30% discretionary spending. This living wage shall apply for the interval by which the worker is paid for full-time work. |
| Date | 04:31:43, December 25, 2006 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Living Wage Act of 2333 |
| Message | On the contrary, it only makes economic sense to pursue this. It goes a long way toward fulfilling the macroeconomic goal of wealth redistribution which serves economic stability, in addition, in a non-economic sense it is simply the right thing to do. No person should undertake full-time work and still be unable to support themselves, and for the right-wing parties we suggest that this would provide a powerful incentive to work instead of trying to live off the much tinier unemployment support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 246 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 334 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 145 |
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| Random quote: "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to defend minorities." - Ayn Rand |