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Aye on the National Symbols Act.

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Small Business Assistance Act

Small Business Assistance Act.

Drafted by: The Realm of God (Progressive Conservative)

Co-Sponsored by: New Freedomstan (USLP.), Radiatia (Progressive Conservative), Beta Test (Liberal Democrat), Royalsoldiers (CFE), Zweite Alaje (NIFP)

RECOGNISES that this nation has no agency or support system for small business.

UNDERSTANDS that small business is often a life line for those who want to better their lives and provide for their family.

OBSERVES that starting a small business is often expensive and out of reach for most of our poorest.

THIS Act hereby establishes the Small Business Assistance Office.

THE Small Business Assistance Office is empowered to....

Provide low interest loans of up to £1,000,000 at a 2% APR for those who wish to start a small business. The Office can review each application on a case by case basis.

Offer free business advice.

Help register a business.

A small business is hereby defined as an unincorporated or private limited business which earns less than £100,000,0 a year. Owners must not have been declared bankrupt.

VALID forms of organisation include.

Unincorporated Sole Propriater.

Partnerships (both traditional and limited)

Cooperatives (Worker owned businesses)

Privately Held Corporations (A Limited Liability Company that keeps it's shares in the hands of family or friends of the owner).

SMALL business owners must provide a decent working wage for their workers, 90% of national average within the first two years of operation



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I vote yea on the NSA.

Current vote on the NSA:

For: 17 (77.3%)
Against: 4 (18.2%)
Present: 1 (4.5%)

Total: 22

Voting ends Monday at 12:32 PM EDT.

The Realm of God wrote:Aye on the National Symbols Act.

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Small Business Assistance Act

Small Business Assistance Act.

Drafted by: The Realm of God (Progressive Conservative)

Co-Sponsored by: New Freedomstan (USLP.), Radiatia (Progressive Conservative), Beta Test (Liberal Democrat), Royalsoldiers (CFE), Zweite Alaje (NIFP)

RECOGNISES that this nation has no agency or support system for small business.

UNDERSTANDS that small business is often a life line for those who want to better their lives and provide for their family.

OBSERVES that starting a small business is often expensive and out of reach for most of our poorest.

THIS Act hereby establishes the Small Business Assistance Office.

THE Small Business Assistance Office is empowered to....

Provide low interest loans of up to £100,000 at a 2% APR for those who wish to start a small business. The Office can review each application on a case by case basis.

Offer free business advice.

Help register a business.

A small business is hereby defined as an unincorporated or private limited business which earns less than £100,000,0 a year. Owners must not have been declared bankrupt.

VALID forms of organisation include.

Unincorporated Sole Propriater.

Partnerships (both traditional and limited)

Cooperatives (Worker owned businesses)

Privately Held Corporations (A Limited Liability Company that keeps it's shares in the hands of family or friends of the owner).

SMALL business owners must provide a decent working wage for their workers, 90% of national average within the first two years of operation



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Othelos wrote:

The Realm of God wrote:Aye on the National Symbols Act.

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Small Business Assistance Act

Small Business Assistance Act.

Drafted by: The Realm of God (Progressive Conservative)

Co-Sponsored by: New Freedomstan (USLP.), Radiatia (Progressive Conservative), Beta Test (Liberal Democrat), Royalsoldiers (CFE), Zweite Alaje (NIFP)

RECOGNISES that this nation has no agency or support system for small business.

UNDERSTANDS that small business is often a life line for those who want to better their lives and provide for their family.

OBSERVES that starting a small business is often expensive and out of reach for most of our poorest.

THIS Act hereby establishes the Small Business Assistance Office.

THE Small Business Assistance Office is empowered to....

Provide low interest loans of up to £100,000 at a 2% APR for those who wish to start a small business. The Office can review each application on a case by case basis.

Offer free business advice.

Help register a business.

A small business is hereby defined as an unincorporated or private limited business which earns less than £100,000,0 a year. Owners must not have been declared bankrupt.

VALID forms of organisation include.

Unincorporated Sole Propriater.

Partnerships (both traditional and limited)

Cooperatives (Worker owned businesses)

Privately Held Corporations (A Limited Liability Company that keeps it's shares in the hands of family or friends of the owner).

SMALL business owners must provide a decent working wage for their workers, 90% of national average within the first two years of operation



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Did five people move for this to be added to the queue?

Didn't read that part.

I motion that we add the Small Business Assistance Act to the queue.

Trotskylvania wrote:The National Symbols Act is reactionary. I vote NO.

How is an act to establish our national symbols reactionary? Please explain Senator.

The Realm of God wrote:

Othelos wrote:
Did five people move for this to be added to the queue?

Didn't read that part.

I motion that we add the Small Business Assistance Act to the queue.

Seconded

I vote for the NSA.

I abstain on the NSA

I vote Aye for the NSA.

Jerusalemian wrote:

The Realm of God wrote:

Didn't read that part.

I motion that we add the Small Business Assistance Act to the queue.

Seconded

I add negative one to this motion. This law is both useless and violating of freedom.

Jerusalemian wrote:

The Realm of God wrote:

Didn't read that part.

I motion that we add the Small Business Assistance Act to the queue.

Seconded

Third

The New Sea Territory wrote:

Jerusalemian wrote:Seconded

I add negative one to this motion. This law is both useless and violating of freedom.

You can't do that.

Divair wrote:

Jerusalemian wrote:Seconded

Third

Fourthed, but only if the weird commas are fixed.

(£100,000,0 should be 1,000,000.)

I vote in favor of the NSA.

Administrators, pretty please with sugar on top, add in the bills which have already passed to the OP.

It's hard to reference passed legislation when I have to go digging through the old thread to see it.

Lemanrussland wrote:Administrators, pretty please with sugar on top, add in the bills which have already passed to the OP.

It's hard to reference passed legislation when I have to go digging through the old thread to see it.

Indeed.

I vote in FAVOR of the NSA.

Othelos wrote:

Divair wrote:Third

Fourthed, but only if the weird commas are fixed.

(£100,000,0 should be 1,000,000.)

Fixed it.

The Realm of God wrote:

Othelos wrote:Fourthed, but only if the weird commas are fixed.

(£100,000,0 should be 1,000,000.)

Fixed it.

Great! One last thing, the National Tax Act uses NSC, so euros should be changed to that.

I vote AYE on the National Symbols Act.

Current vote on the NSA:

For: 22 (78.6%)
Against: 4 (14.3%)
Present: 2 (7.1%)

Total: 28

Voting ends Monday at 12:32 PM EDT.

I, on behalf of those who I represent, and to encourage national pride and identity, vote FOR the National Symbols Act.

I vote AYE

I vote aye on the NSA.

I move to add The National Census Bureau Establishment Act to the queue

National Census Bureau Establishment Act
Drafted by Gallup and Lemanrussland
Sponsored by Gallup, Lemanrussland, Othelos, Soviet Canuckistan and Yanalia

RECOGNIZING that this nation has no agency for the collection of economic and demographic statistics,

UNDERSTANDING that accurate statistical information about employment, demographics, income, education and other factors is a vital tool in the sound and rational exercise of public policy,

The Senate hereby establishes the National Census Bureau (hereby abbreviated as the NCB), subordinate to the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, with the duty of collecting statisical information on behalf of the Senate and other government agencies.

The Senate hereby grants the following powers to the NCB:

I. The NCB shall, in the year 2013 and every 10 years thereafter, take a decennial census of the entire national population, by distributing surveys via mail and conducting surveys out of regional Census offices. After completion of the decennial census, the NCB shall report it's findings to the Senate.

II. The NCB shall also conduct smaller statistical surveys at the request of the Senate and other government agencies, on topics such as crime, employment, health, consumer expenditures, housing, income, and other topics, by distributing surveys via mail and conducting surveys out of regional Census offices.

III. Failure to respond to a NCB survey is hereby declared illegal. Citizens who fail to respond or knowingly submit false information in response to an NCB survey shall be fined no more than 5,000 NSC.

IV. All personal information related to individuals or establishments shall remain confidential, and must only be presented in aggregate. All Census employees must sign a sworn affidavit of non-disclosure of this information prior to employment. An employee of the NCB who discloses this information shall be fined 5,000 NSC or imprisoned 5 years, or both, for the first offence. An additional 1,000 NSC shall be fined or an additional 1 year shall be added for each new violation.