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Bill: Starters Basic Income Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Mouvement des Conservateurs
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: July 2098
Description[?]:
| The surplus on our budget gives us some outstanding possibilities. We are major supporters to provide citizens, especially just gratuated citizens, with a 'starters income' that gives them the time to take their first steps towards independance en liberty and the search for a place on the labor market. Without any help from their parents. The fact they only can obtain this starters income for a short amount of time is an extra stimulant to search for a job, we don't want people to take advantage from this 'possibility' and harm others who really need it. |
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. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:32:44, August 16, 2005 CET | From |  CCP | To | Debating the Starters Basic Income Act |
| Message | I will support you on the condition that we revisit this issue next session. |
| Date | 03:41:53, August 19, 2005 CET | From | CCP | To | Debating the Starters Basic Income Act |
| Message | If there are no objections, we move that the item be called to vote. |
| Date | 19:03:01, August 20, 2005 CET | From | New Labour Party | To | Debating the Starters Basic Income Act |
| Message | The support of the New Labour party is assured |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 66 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
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