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Bill: Government Reduction Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
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: May 2369
Description[?]:
| A bill to further reduce government interference. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state does not provide child benefit.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Article 3
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 full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:19:02, March 05, 2007 CET | From |  We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Government Reduction Act |
| Message | These areas that you are removing are not government interference what they are is guaranteeing that people do not starve to death. It seems the Liberal Party is more concerned with increasing their electoral support rather than considering what is in the best interests of the Hobrazian people. |
| Date | 00:33:43, March 05, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Party | To | Debating the Government Reduction Act |
| Message | It is removing government interference. Government interference in the economy. It is our position that these policies are in fact anti-democratic, and authoritarian. |
| Date | 00:52:23, March 05, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Government Reduction Act |
| Message | By not providing people with the ability to support their families and keep them off the streets when times are hard and they have no income? That's not anti-democratic nor authoritarian, it is moving us past the law of the jungle into civilised society. This bill does nothing to improve nor help the economy and only harms the unfortunate showing a disgraceful nature of the human psyche where those unfortunate to not be able to help themselves are thrown to the wayside and left as trash. We are appalled at this bill and are ashamed that it is likely to pass bringing this Country into disrepute as we merely prove that we care nothing for the citizens of this Country. |
| Date | 01:39:13, March 05, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Government Reduction Act |
| Message | "By not providing people with the ability to support their families and keep them off the streets when times are hard and they have no income?" Straw-man argument. "That's not anti-democratic nor authoritarian, it is moving us past the law of the jungle into civilised society." What's undemocratic is the forcing of people on what to do with their own money. You are telling them that they must give their money to others against their will. That is undemocratic as it reduces individual choice. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 189 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 149 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 57 |
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