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Bill: The Flyte Welfare Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sebastian Flyte Party
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: August 2379
Description[?]:
This is a bill to better the welfare state for those who are not well off. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:09:05, March 22, 2007 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the The Flyte Welfare Bill |
Message | Aye. |
Date | 02:34:32, March 23, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the The Flyte Welfare Bill |
Message | Opposed. |
Date | 11:10:08, March 23, 2007 CET | From | Sebastian Flyte Party | To | Debating the The Flyte Welfare Bill |
Message | Could the Liberal Party say why this is opposed? |
Date | 12:40:56, March 23, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the The Flyte Welfare Bill |
Message | We support article 1, however we see no reason to support article 2. We already have a public pension scheme and see no reason why the people should not be entitled, if they wish, to save more money through a private scheme. |
Date | 13:16:46, March 23, 2007 CET | From | Sebastian Flyte Party | To | Debating the The Flyte Welfare Bill |
Message | If that is the case then I will drop that article |
Date | 16:37:20, March 23, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the The Flyte Welfare Bill |
Message | We applaud the SFP for their ability to not only discuss, but to modify their bills after such a discussion and we will, consequently, be happy to support this bill when it goes to vote. |
Date | 17:07:23, March 23, 2007 CET | From | Sebastian Flyte Party | To | Debating the The Flyte Welfare Bill |
Message | We thank the WSS!P for their kind words. The SFP is about disccusion. |
Date | 19:20:38, March 24, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the The Flyte Welfare Bill |
Message | "Could the Liberal Party say why this is opposed?" Because it will necessitate more spending, and we are against raising expenditure. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 161 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 239 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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