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Bill: Guarantee of Minimum Income Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Green 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: February 2097
Description[?]:
| This bill, if passed, will ensure that all members of the workforce shall earn enough to be able to attain a reasonable 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. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
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 | 13:36:15, August 16, 2005 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Guarantee of Minimum Income Act |
| Message | I guess nobody minds if I put this to vote before the next election |
| Date | 23:23:51, August 16, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Guarantee of Minimum Income Act |
| Message | DUP: would you like to explain your views? |
| Date | 02:20:29, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Guarantee of Minimum Income Act |
| Message | NO! |
| Date | 03:53:52, August 17, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Guarantee of Minimum Income Act |
| Message | how silly of me to expect you to have logical reasons for anything you do. par for the course, from what we've seen so far. |
| Date | 15:55:23, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Catholic Peoples Party | To | Debating the Guarantee of Minimum Income Act |
| Message | The goodwill of contributers in our christian community is enough to supply the unemployed:/ |
| Date | 23:52:30, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Guarantee of Minimum Income Act |
| Message | Yeah, what he said. |
| Date | 05:55:06, August 19, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Guarantee of Minimum Income Act |
| Message | If that were true, there would be no such thing as poverty. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 533 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 82 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 77 |
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