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Bill: The Self Sufficiency Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Zardugal Anarchist 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: August 2442
Description[?]:
Individuals should be made completely responsible for their health and well-being. Government should have no role in supporting those to weak to support themselves. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to 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 Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: Health care is entirely private.
Proposed: Health care is entirely private.
Article 4
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 00:14:00, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Liberals | To | Debating the The Self Sufficiency Bill |
Message | "to weak"? We have a responsibility to protect those who are vulnerable in our society, the current legislation does a fair job of that, without rewarding laziness. Your proposals leave the elderly and impoverished without any support with their health and that is ridiculous. |
Date | 05:57:36, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Zardugal Anarchist Party | To | Debating the The Self Sufficiency Bill |
Message | What have the elderly and impoverished been doing with their lives? Why can they not fend for themselves and prepare for the worst. We should not make the hard-working common man prop up fools who have no will to help themselves. |
Date | 17:52:17, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Liberals | To | Debating the The Self Sufficiency Bill |
Message | And what about the children of the impoverished who are given little chance at success at the moment? What about the disabled and mentally handicapped? What about those who work but have a serious illness that is expensive to treat? |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 339 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 62 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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