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Bill: State Welfare Legislation: Unemployment Benefit
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic 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: January 2097
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to ensure that all Hobrazian adults who are unable to earn a basic living do not end up bankrupt and destitute. We propose the introduction of an unemployment benefit to those who are out of work, set at a level that will ensure the ability to pay for basic rent and sustenance, but not so high as to lead to welfare dependency. This benefit will be conditional on the recipient actively seeking work, and they will be aided in this by government employment centres. However, they will not be penalised in any way for turning down an offer of employment that would require them to abandon any dependents such as children or elderly/severely disabled relatives. |
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:57:29, August 15, 2005 CET | From |  National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the State Welfare Legislation: Unemployment Benefit |
| Message | We support of course. |
| Date | 22:15:07, August 15, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the State Welfare Legislation: Unemployment Benefit |
| Message | Definately a step in the right direction. |
| Date | 22:33:42, August 15, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the State Welfare Legislation: Unemployment Benefit |
| Message | Better than any of the other options. We suppot. |
| Date | 15:50:11, August 16, 2005 CET | From | Standing-At-The-Back-Dressed-Stupidly | To | Debating the State Welfare Legislation: Unemployment Benefit |
| Message | TIM HENMAN |
| Date | 20:04:57, August 16, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the State Welfare Legislation: Unemployment Benefit |
| Message | Thank you very much for that helpful piece of advice. |
| Date | 04:38:59, August 17, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the State Welfare Legislation: Unemployment Benefit |
| Message | I'll support |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 399 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 1 |
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