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Bill: Minimum Income Guarentee
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hobrazian Ecosocialist Movement
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: October 2471
Description[?]:
| All Hobrazian citizens deserve to live a life without financial difficulties. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 certain period of time.
Current: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:13:39, October 15, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Income Guarentee |
| Message | The only problem with this would be that there would be no incentive to get a job. Why get a job when you can live a reason standard of life without one? |
| Date | 21:13:56, October 15, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Income Guarentee |
| Message | reasonable* |
| Date | 12:37:36, October 16, 2007 CET | From | The Family First Party | To | Debating the Minimum Income Guarentee |
| Message | Family First prefers the status quo. We do not believe that income should be ensured by the government for an unlimited period of time. We do feel that a minimal income should be provided to individuals in severe circumstances, such as extreme illness or injury, etc, but we believe that this income should only be provided for a period of around 6 months, to ensure that the recipient is not simply free-loading, and also to ensure that they have some degree of incentive to find employment during that period. Without this incentive, individuals may be receiving tax-payers money for excessive lengths of time, exaggerating their unfortunate situation. We do not believe that this is fair to tax-payers. However, in the case of individuals with serious, life-long circumstances, such as incurable mental illness rendering them unfit for any place of employment, or other similar situations, Family First believes that ongoing financial assistance is required. We cannot support this legislation, and prefer the status quo. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 197 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 150 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 53 |
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