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Bill: The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386
Details
Submitted by[?]: Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition)
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: June 2386
Description[?]:
| A multi-faceted piece of legislation to reduce the prevelance of the welfare state in the Democratic Republic of Aloria over the past several years. |
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 does not provide child benefit.
Proposed: The state does not provide child benefit.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is entirely voluntary.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 4
Current: 5
Proposed: 0
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Current: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Proposed: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 25
Proposed: 0
Article 9
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: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Article 10
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Current: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Proposed: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Education in prisons.
Old value:: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Current: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Proposed: Prisoners are not given any form of education.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: No religions are taxed.
Proposed: No religions are taxed.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change Weapons allowed to private citizens.
Old value:: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, but these may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Current: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, and there are further restrictions on places where they may be carried.
Proposed: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:00:13, April 07, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | What will it take for the AHR and MLF to coalition to pass this piece of legislation? We must reduce the welfare state currently draining our nation and brought-on by the liberalist policies of the FSDP-led government. What should be kept in this bill that will get you two parties to vote for it? We are open to additions and removals of proposal as needed! |
| Date | 10:31:47, April 07, 2007 CET | From | Militant Libertarian Front | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | This bill gets +15 on the freedom scale...so you don't even have to give me a blowjob. |
| Date | 10:50:26, April 07, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | left wing has majority of seats so this bill is useless |
| Date | 02:00:52, April 08, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | They do? Without the AHR the left COMBINED has a 5 or 6 seat lead. With the AHR, the conservative bloc (MLP, MLF, AHC) hold the vast majority. Furthermore, you Communists hold the same number of seats as the MLP. Talk about polarized ideologies. Don't forget it, statists! We aim to keep your oppressove, state-run authoritarian tryanny in check! |
| Date | 02:02:09, April 08, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | Don't worry MLF. The only parties on their knees now are the FSDP and SAPs. They been subverted by their own left wing coalition's extremists, the Commies. Goodbye welfare state failures! |
| Date | 04:56:12, April 08, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | It's too extreme. I support a small amount of this, but..... |
| Date | 06:27:49, April 08, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | Less government is not extreme. Lower taxes is not extreme. More individual rights is not extreme. Less government dependency is not extreme. This piece of legislation reduces the past several years of liberal coalition welfare state increases. |
| Date | 08:54:33, April 08, 2007 CET | From | Federal Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | First of all, get your facts straight. 1. Most of these laws where in plae even before the previous government. Sorry, you can't even point that finger. 2. Look at the budget (yes, I tell you this again), the country doesn't look in trouble to any reasonable people. More income that expenses is what you want, isn't it? Well, we gave it to you, iwith just a little extra cost to the ultr-rich of this country. And it is sad. I just realised that you really think helping hte poor is oppresive. You really do not see how your policies are oppresive to the vast majority of the population. And trying to bribe ther parties to support you is part of your evil rich co-roporat ALoria mentality that disgusts us. |
| Date | 17:59:55, April 08, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the The Comprehensive Welfare State Elimination Act of 2386 |
| Message | This is a parliamentary system which includes coalitions. Do you even know how legislatures function FSDP? It's not evil, corporate bribery anymore than yours was statist bribery. The last scourge of the defeated is to generalize and deem someone "evil." You are in the minority. You lose. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 254 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 346 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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