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Bill: Welfare Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: November 2481
Description[?]:
| An act to extend the period of time during which a person may draw on a benefit. |
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 certian period of time.
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 very basic subsistence income by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:39:44, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | Unemployment rates are high in our country, this is a fact. By the law as it stands, these people, unemployed through no fault of their own save that they live in this nation, are being left with no income. They become homeless and starving. We mustn't allow this to continue. |
| Date | 14:36:44, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | What's wrong with the current legislation? Also...how do you know that it is through no fault of their own? |
| Date | 00:08:30, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | We have high unemployment rates. This means there are not enough jobs to go around. Some people, even if they want to work, will not be able to because of this lack of jobs. |
| Date | 01:43:58, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | That still does not answer the question I posed to you. Also...could it be because we have no tariffs? |
| Date | 02:37:31, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | Tariffs will raise the price for the consumer, which will make it further difficult for unemployed and poor people to have a reasonable standard of living. The current legislation will only support people for a given amount of time. If a person has, unluckily, not found a job by the end of the period, their benefits stop, and they are left with no income. That couldn't be right. |
| Date | 03:09:31, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | Could it be that the lack of tariffs drove the companies they were working for out of business? |
| Date | 03:30:31, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | Undoubtedly some did. Ultimately, however, it will make the remaining businesses more competitive, and provide for a stronger Tukarali economy which will provide jobs. This is a long-term goal, and will require sacrifices. For this reason, we provide these benefits, ie to soften the transition between a protectionist and a free trade economy. |
| Date | 05:05:31, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | We officially voted no. |
| Date | 19:51:33, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Welfare Amendment Act |
| Message | Passed |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 276 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 113 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 110 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
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