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Bill: Social Welfare Reformation Act of 2507
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Peoples Revolutionary Front
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 2508
Description[?]:
| The current welfare state in the nation of Malvia, is an overwhelming burden on our taxpayers and is currently driveing us into debt at a truely alarming rate. We can both provide for actuall needs of our people, while enableing them to govern and provide for themselfs. Article 1. We will continue to provide medical benifits for those who are unable to do so for themselfs, however those people who are in the higher tax brakets are already reciveing better health care from private insurance companies. Article 2. This does not remove subsidies from those who are unable, through any form of dissability, to work. Able bodied adults will be able to recive funds for a period of time while they pursue financial ventures. Article 3. Is only to allow the people of Malivia, to choose private mutual funds to handle thier money, these funds traditionaly preform more than seven times that of the avg gained by the government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Current: The state does not provide child benefit.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
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. 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 | 21:12:05, December 28, 2007 CET | From | Kaitite Movement | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reformation Act of 2507 |
| Message | You would force people to hand their earnings over to a specific private company to handle? That is outrageous. The Prophet hopes that you would see how this would be harmful to all involved and will remove or change that section of this bill. She has spoken... |
| Date | 21:35:28, December 28, 2007 CET | From | Free Peoples Revolutionary Front | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reformation Act of 2507 |
| Message | Absolutly not to a specific private company, but the private company of the peoples choice. (This encourages competition amongst investment firms.) It is the stance of The Peoples front of Judea, that our people are capable of handleing thier own finances. The only reason to continue a compulsory system, is to avoid haveing a section of our elderly population unable to provide for themselfs, and to avoid a possiable double tax on thier investments. |
| Date | 05:56:11, December 29, 2007 CET | From | Free Peoples Revolutionary Front | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reformation Act of 2507 |
| Message | I have removed Article 3 in an effort to get this bill passed. God bless our Republic |
| Date | 17:40:50, December 29, 2007 CET | From | The Federalist Party | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reformation Act of 2507 |
| Message | The Federalist Party will not support this as long as Article one remains. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 354 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 224 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 172 |
| Random fact: If there are no parties in your nation with seats, feel free to visit the forum and request an early election on the Early Election Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4362 |
| Random quote: "The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people." - Noam Chomsky |