Ministry of Commerce and Labour Policy Reviews

Cabinet Secretary's Note - Below are the department's assessments for various proposed government policies. I have included our existing policies for comparison. Some policies will be harder to implement than others, and that is reflected in the 'political cost'; that is, the amount of political will there is to see it through. This amount will be deducted from the Political Capital available to the General Assembly as listed in the most recent annual report. Costings are correct as of the tabling of this review, but may vary from changes to population, wages, or national circumstances.

Business Competition Regulations
Political Cost: Partially Favour Big Business 1, Exclusively Favour Big Business 2, Partially Favour Small Business 1, Exclusively Favour Small Business 2, Cost Range: ₣5M - ₣10M Favouring Big Business will:
 * Increase: Media Monopoly, Capitalist Opinion, Foreign Investment
 * Decrease: Self-Employed Opinion, Self-Employed Identity

Favouring Small Business will:
 * Increase: Self-Employed Opinion, Self-Employed Identity
 * Decrease: Media Monopoly, Capitalist Opinion, Foreign Investment

Industrial Action and Labour Rights
Political Cost: Lower to Exclusively Favour Employers 12, Raise to Balanced 16, Raise to Partially or Exclusively Favour Unions 32 Cost Range: ₣60M - ₣100M Favouring Employers will:
 * Increase: Working Hours, Capitalist Opinion, Worker Productivity
 * Decrease: Socialist Opinion, Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Union Membership, Socialist Identity, Wages

Favouring Unions will:
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Union Membership, Socialist Identity, Wages
 * Decrease: Working Hours, Capitalist Opinion, Worker Productivity

Nuclear Reactor Policy
Political Cost: Lower to Decommission All Reactors 7, Raise to Extend Lifespan of Current Reactors 7, Raise to Expand Facilities or Allow New Reactors or Subsidise New Reactors 13 Cost Range: Up to ₣1,130M Decommissioning Reactors will:
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Oil Demand, CO2 Emissions
 * Decrease: Technological Innovation, GDP

Expanding Reactors will:
 * Increase: Technological Innovation, GDP
 * Decrease: Environmentalist Opinion, Oil Demand, CO2 Emissions

Retirement Policy
Political Cost: Lower to 61-68 4, Lower to 69-70 2, Lower to 71 1, Raise to 73 4, Raise to 74-75 8 Cost Range: N/A Lowering the Retirement Age will:
 * Increase: Trade Unionist Opinion, Retired Opinion, Retired Identity
 * Decrease: Worker Productivity, Unemployment

Raising the Retirement Age will:
 * Increase: Worker Productivity, Unemployment
 * Decrease: Trade Unionist Opinion, Retired Opinion, Retired Identity

Agricultural Antibiotics Ban
Political Cost: Implement 12 Cost Range: Up to ₣9M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, National Health, Food Price Crisis
 * Decrease: Farmer Opinion, Capitalist Opinion, Farmer Income, Farmer Identity

Agricultural Subsidies
Political Cost: Implement 15 Cost Range: Up to ₣1,750M Implementing will
 * Increase: Farmer Opinion, Farmer Income, Farmer Identity
 * Decrease: Food Price Crisis, Unemployment, Capitalist Opinion

Automated Stock Trading Limits
Political Cost: Implement 26 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Wealthy Class Opinion, Wealthy Class Income, Liberal Opinion, GDP

Become an International Tax Shelter
Political Cost: Implement 13 Cost Range: Up to ₣250M Implementing will
 * Increase: Wealthy Class Opinion, Capitalist Opinion, Wealthy Class Income, Technological Innovation, GDP
 * Decrease: Socialist Opinion, Income Equality, Diplomatic Reputation

Carbon Capture and Storage Research Program
Political Cost: Implement 7 Cost Range: Up to ₣3,000M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion
 * Decrease: CO2 Emissions

Clean Air and Pollution Controls
Political Cost: Implement 6 Cost Range: Up to ₣15M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion
 * Decrease: Environmental Pollution, CO2 Emissions, Capitalist Opinion, GDP

Computerised Utility Smart Meter Program
Political Cost: Implement 4 Cost Range: Up to ₣450M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Environmentalist Identity, Energy Efficiency
 * Decrease: Private and Public Energy Utility Usage

Consumer Rights Commission
Political Cost: Implement 14 Cost Range: Up to ₣5M Implementing will
 * Increase: Liberal Opinion
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Self-Employed Opinion, GDP

Develop a National Space Program
Political Cost: Implement 24 Cost Range: ₣626M to ₣2,440M Implementing will
 * Increase: Patriot Opinion, Patriot Identity, State Employee Opinion, Technological Innovation, Internet Access
 * Decrease: Unemployment, Religious Identity, Technology Crisis

Electronics Recycling Program
Political Cost: Implement 23 Cost Range: Up to ₣85M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Energy Efficiency
 * Decrease: CO2 Emissions, Capitalist Opinion

Emergency Stimulus Fund
Political Cost: Implement 8 Cost Range: Free* Implementing will
 * Increase: Inflation, Socialist Opinion, Poor Class Opinion, Poor Class Income, GDP
 * Decrease: Currency Strength, Poverty

Employee Representation Mandate on Corporate Boards
Political Cost: Implement 12 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Union Membership, Socialist Opinion, Socialist Identity
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Working Hours, Worker Productivity

===Employee Corporate Dividend Mandate Political Cost: Implement 22 Cost: ₣15M Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Identity, Socialist Opinion, Poor Class Income, Trade Unionist Opinion,
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Self-Employed Opinion, Wealthy Class Income, Foreign Investment

Entrepreneurial Aide Agency
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣46M Implementing will
 * Increase: Capitalist Opinion, Self-Employed Opinion, Self-Employed Identity
 * Decrease: Socialist Opinion

Ethnic Diversity Quotas
Political Cost: Implement 22 Cost Range: Up to ₣6M Implementing will
 * Increase: Ethnic Minority Opinion, Civil Equality, Liberal Opinion
 * Decrease: Racial Tensions, Capitalist Opinion, Self-Employed Opinion

Foreign Investment Tax Credits
Political Cost: Implement 10 Cost Range: Up to ₣2,820M Implementing will
 * Increase: Business Confidence, Wealthy Class Income, Diplomatic Reputation, Foreign Investment
 * Decrease: Patriot Opinion

Home Energy Efficiency Standards
Political Cost: Implement 10 Cost Range: Up to ₣75M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Environmentalist Identity, Energy Efficiency
 * Decrease: CO2 Emissions, Capitalist Opinion, Public and Private Energy Utility Use

Institute a Minimum Wage
Political Cost: Implement 22 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Poor Class Income, Unemployment, Income Equality, Socialist Opinion, Insulated Economy Crisis, Socialist Identity, Wages
 * Decrease: Poverty, Capitalist Opinion

International Capital Outflow Regulations
Political Cost: Implement 50 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Socialist Identity
 * Decrease: Emigration, Business Confidence, Foreign Investment, Capitalist Opinion, Wealthy Opinion

International Trade Commission
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣68M Implementing will
 * Increase: International Trade, Diplomatic Reputation

Join the International Mars Mission Program
Political Cost: Implement 30 Cost Range: ₣2,400M to ₣7,400M Implementing will
 * Increase: Patriot Opinion, Patriot Identity, State Employee Opinion, Technological Innovation
 * Decrease: Religious Identity, Unemployment

Labour Day Public Holiday
Political Cost: Implement 3 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Socialist Identity, Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Union Membership
 * Decrease: GDP

Limit or Ban Coal
Political Cost: Implement 16 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Oil Demand
 * Decrease: Environmental Pollution, CO2 Emissions, Capitalist Opinion, Respiratory Disease Crisis, GDP

Limit Sunday Shopping
Political Cost: Implement 36 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Religious Opinion, Trade Unionist Opinion
 * Decrease: Liberal Opinion, Liberal Identity, GDP

Mandatory Rooftop Solar Program
Political Cost: Implement 34 Cost Range: Up to ₣2M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion Environmentalist Identity
 * Decrease: CO2 Emissions, Capitalist Opinion, Oil Demand, Environmental Pollution, Public and Private Energy Utility Use

National Business and Commerce Council
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣100M Implementing will
 * Increase: Capitalist Opinion, GDP
 * Decrease: Socialist Identity

Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
Political Cost: Implement 4 Cost Range: Up to ₣34M Implementing will
 * Increase: Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Union Membership, National Health
 * Decrease: Self-Employed Opinion, Self-Employed Identity, Worker Productivity

Oil Drilling and Exploration Subsidies
'Political Cost: Implement 13 Cost Range: Up to ₣1,250M Implementing will
 * Increase: Parent Opinion, Parent Income, Parent Identity, Trade Unionist Opinion, Population Growth, Gender Equality
 * Decrease: Worker Productivity

Parent Leave Payments
Political Cost: Implement 36 Cost Range: Up to ₣15,500M Implementing will
 * Increase: Oil Supply, CO2 Emissions, Foreign Investment, Energy Commerce, GDP
 * Decrease: Environmentalist Opinion, Environmentalist Identity

Public Recycling Program
Political Cost: Implement 13 Cost Range: Up to ₣250M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Environmentalist Identity
 * Decrease: Environmental Pollution

Quantitative Easing
Political Cost: Implement 12 Cost Range: Free* Implementing will
 * Increase: Inflation, Capitalist Opinion, Wealthy Opinion, Wealthy Class Income, GDP
 * Decrease: Currency Strength

Rare Earth Metal Mining and Exploration Subsidies
Political Cost: Implement 32 Cost Range: Up to ₣3,000M Implementing will
 * Increase: Worker Productivity, Patriot Opinion, Technological Innovation, Capitalist Opinion
 * Decrease: Environmentalist Opinion

Regulate CEO Pay
Political Cost: Implement 25 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Insulated Economy Crisis, Income Equality, Socialist Identity
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Wealthy Class Income, Wealthy Opinion

Renewable Energy Subsidies
Political Cost: Implement 2 Cost Range: Up to ₣263M Implementing will
 * Increase: Environmentalist Opinion, Energy Commerce
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Oil Demand, Environmental Pollution, CO2 Emissions

Restrict Trade Union Activity
Political Cost: Implement 32 Cost Range: N/A Implementing will
 * Increase: Worker Productivity, Working Hours, Capitalist Opinion
 * Decrease: Trade Unionist Opinion, Socialist Identity, Trade Union Membership, Wages

Robotics and AI Research Grants
Political Cost: Implement 6 Cost Range: Up to ₣1,320M Implementing will
 * Increase: Technological Innovation, Industrial Automation
 * Decrease: Trade Unionist Opinion

Rural Community Development Grants
Political Cost: Implement 13 Cost Range: Up to ₣1,500M Implementing will
 * Increase: Poor Income, Income Equality, Farmer Opinion, Farmer Identity, Car Usage, Railway Usage, GDP
 * Decrease: Unemployment

Small Business Grants
Political Cost: Implement 10 Cost Range: Up to ₣782M Implementing will
 * Increase: Self-Employed Opinion, Capitalist Opinion, Self-Employed Identity, Self-Employed Income, Capitalist Income, GDP
 * Decrease: Socialist Identity, Trade Union Membership

State Energy Utility
Political Cost: Implement 11 Cost Range: Income of ₣1,140M to Expense of ₣6,000M Implementing will
 * Increase: Socialist Opinion, Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Union Membership, Socialist Identity, State Employee Identity, Worker Productivity, Government Corruption
 * Decrease: Private Energy Commerce, Capitalist Opinion, Poverty, Unemployment

State Telecommunications Utility
Political Cost: Implement 11 Cost Range: Income of ₣432M to Expense of ₣1,800M Implementing will
 * Increase: Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Union Membership, Socialist Identity, State Employee Identity, Internet Access, Government Corruption
 * Decrease: Private Telecoms Commerce, Capitalist Opinion, Poverty, Unemployment

Subsidies for Trade Unions
Political Cost: Implement 19 Cost Range: Up to ₣219M Implementing will
 * Increase: Trade Unionist Opinion, Trade Union Membership, Trade Unionist Income, Socialist Identity, Wages
 * Decrease: Capitalist Opinion, Poverty, Unemployment

Technology Research Grants
Political Cost: Implement 10 Cost Range: Up to ₣720M Implementing will
 * Increase: Technological Innovation, Worker Productivity, Capitalist Opinion, GDP
 * Decrease: Unemployment, Religious Identity

Urban and Suburban Farmland Subsidies
Political Cost: Implement 3 Cost Range: Up to ₣69M Implementing will
 * Increase: Farmer Opinion, Farmer Identity

Vertical Farm and Greenhouse Research
Political Cost: Implement 16 Cost Range: Up to ₣1,130M Implementing will
 * Increase: Farmer Opinion, Farmer Identity, Farmer Income
 * Decrease: Unemployment, Food Price Crisis, Traffic Congestion, Capitalist Opinion

Youth Entrepreneur Mentor Scheme
Political Cost: Implement 6 Cost Range: Up to ₣50M Implementing will
 * Increase: Capitalist Opinion, Youth Opinion
 * Decrease: Socialist Identity