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Bill: Dismantle the Welfare State
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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: October 2396
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large 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.
Current: 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.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Article 3
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 operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:17:03, April 28, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Union Party | To | Debating the Dismantle the Welfare State |
| Message | HORRID! |
| Date | 18:38:39, April 28, 2007 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Dismantle the Welfare State |
| Message | It's a while since you've said that... |
| Date | 18:44:34, April 28, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democratic Alternative | To | Debating the Dismantle the Welfare State |
| Message | I'm in search of a toilet, because this proposal makes me vomit. |
| Date | 18:49:39, April 28, 2007 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Dismantle the Welfare State |
| Message | Brilliant reasoned argument by the CDA there. If this is the level of parliamentary debate that the leader of the government is capable of, we're in trouble. And yet the CDA have voted to religiously indoctrinate the country, and to refuse to cut taxes, despite their irrelevance... |
| Date | 18:58:18, April 28, 2007 CET | From | Christian Democratic Alternative | To | Debating the Dismantle the Welfare State |
| Message | We've cut taxes on religion. |
| Date | 09:50:37, April 29, 2007 CET | From | "Le Chaim" - Aesthetic Party | To | Debating the Dismantle the Welfare State |
| Message | You're arguing like children, all of you... |
| Date | 13:21:04, April 29, 2007 CET | From | God's and the King's Fighters | To | Debating the Dismantle the Welfare State |
| Message | Oh, what a glorious argument |
| Date | 14:41:19, April 29, 2007 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Dismantle the Welfare State |
| Message | "We've cut taxes on religion." Exactly... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 40 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 210 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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