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Bill: Guaranteed income bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Neo-Marxist revolutionary 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: May 2098
Description[?]:
| In order to stop our citizens from living in squallor we propose to introduce a minimum income to all those who have no dependants to ensure that all of our citizens have a basic standard of living. |
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 very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:53:56, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Guaranteed income bill |
| Message | We feel that this bill goes too far, as it will drain our budget too much. We would like to see a more financially austere proposal. |
| Date | 17:48:24, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Guaranteed income bill |
| Message | Charities not benefits! |
| Date | 02:00:39, August 19, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Guaranteed income bill |
| Message | We will vote for this anyway, to please our coalition partners. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 153 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 106 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 15 |
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