Government Employees Pay Cut Bill

[Jake]

Aye on the amendment

[Platypus]

Section 3a of the proposed bill shall read: "All employees of the Government of Atlasia who presently earn $100,000 a year or more shall have their salaries reduced by 5%, save those whose performance indicators rank in the top 10%, whose salaries shall be reduced by 2%;".

Section 3b of the proposed bill shall read: "3b. All employees of the Government of Atlasia who presently earn over $80,000 and under $100,000 a year shall have their salaries reduced by 2%, save those whose performance indicators rank in the top 10%, whose salaries shall not be reduced."

A government employee currently earning, say, $100k would, by this amendment, earn less than someone currently earning, say, $98k.

wouldn't a similar problem haver occurred pre-amendment?

I suppose lots of people will be getting paychecks for $99,999 then.

[MasterJedi]

Can we get a final vote on this Al?

[Platypus]

I suggest we fix the problem Q pointed out.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Do you all want a vote now, or to fix that problem? I don't really mind either way.

[MasterJedi]

Do you all want a vote now, or to fix that problem? I don't really mind either way.

Does anybody have any ideas on how to fix the problem.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

That's what I'm asking for... I better set a time limit actually. If no one can think of a solution to that little problem within 5 hours, this is up for a vote.

[MasterJedi]

That's what I'm asking for... I better set a time limit actually. If no one can think of a solution to that little problem within 5 hours, this is up for a vote.

That would only be until about 4:30 Eastern Standard Time. Why not give it 7 hours.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

That would only be until about 4:30 Eastern Standard Time.

I knew that

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Hmm... one hour later and I thinkt that five hour's from *now* would be about right.

[Gabu]

If we really want to fix the amendment, though it's kind of minor, it seems to me that we could do what is done through progressive taxation: reduce the portion of a worker's salary above $100,000 by 5% or 2% and reduce the portion of a worker's salary below $100,000 by 2% or 0%.

So... I guess the amendment would look like this:

Section 3a of the proposed bill shall read: "All employees of the Government of Atlasia who presently earn $100,000 a year or more shall receive a pay cut equal to 5% of the amount that they earn that is greater than $100,000, unless the performance indicators of the employee rank in the top 10%, in which case the pay cut will be equal to 2% of the amount that they earn that is greater than $100,000."

Section 3b of the proposed bill shall read: "All employees of the Government of Atlasia who presently earn $80,000 a year or more shall receive a pay cut equal to 2% of the amount that they earn that is not greater than $100,000, unless the performance indicators of the employee rank in the top 10%, in which case they will receive no pay cut based on the amount that they earn that is not greater than $100,000.  This pay cut shall be established in addition to the pay cut in section 3a in the case that an employee earns $100,000 a year or more.  If the combined pay cut shall bring the salary of the employee under $80,000, the salary of the employee shall be maintained at $80,000."

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Want a vote on that amendment now?

[MasterJedi]

Want a vote on that amendment now?

I would but we need to have some debate on the bill Al.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Want a vote on that amendment now?

I would but we need to have some debate on the bill Al.

Haven't we debated this bill long enough?
I'd like to get some more legislation on the floor...

[MasterJedi]

Want a vote on that amendment now?

I would but we need to have some debate on the bill Al.

Haven't we debated this bill long enough?
I'd like to get some more legislation on the floor...

Yes we've debated the bill but now we need to debate on this amendment (which I support) but we need to allow time for other Senators to argue for or against it. (Like we have all the time before)

[Q]

I guess the amendment would look like this

Brilliant, Senator Gabu.  Looks to solve the problem perfectly.

[Jake]

The amendment is fine.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Vote?

[Jake]

Let's get the show on the road.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I call a vote on the amendment

[MasterJedi]

Aye

[Ebowed]

Yea

[Gabu]

Aye.

[Platypus]

aye

[Jake]

Aye

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The Amendment has passed. I call a vote on the amendmend bill.