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Bill: FDP 005: Safety Net Only
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Democratic 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: September 2514
Description[?]:
| We do not believe in payments for simply existing, we believe in a reformed benefit and welfare system that gives benefits and support when really needed but does not allow dependence become subservience. |
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 guarantees child benefit to all families.
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 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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:30:36, January 08, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the FDP 005: Safety Net Only |
| Message | No. However, we wouldn't be opposed to an OOC bill that would set the minimum wage at a variable level depending on the number of dependents and supporters a worker has. |
| Date | 03:38:18, January 08, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Sekowo | To | Debating the FDP 005: Safety Net Only |
| Message | Reducing the Minimum wage will not help anyone. |
| Date | 06:47:54, January 08, 2008 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the FDP 005: Safety Net Only |
| Message | WE would support an OOC bill setting the minimum wage on a sliding scale that depended on the number of wage-earners in a household and the number of tenants as well. |
| Date | 06:41:19, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Sekowo | To | Debating the FDP 005: Safety Net Only |
| Message | This is a direct attack on the Working Class. |
| Date | 19:49:23, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the FDP 005: Safety Net Only |
| Message | Seeing as it guarantees a minimum wage, guarantees child benefit for the working class, and guarantees payments to maintain a minimum income during times of need, it is in no such way an attack on the working class, it is actually helping them and beneficial to them as it saves the government money that is being paid to the middle and upper classes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 461 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 289 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: the communist, seeing the rich man and his fine home, says: 'No man should have so much.' The capitalist, seeing the same thing, says: 'All men should have as much.'" - Phelps Adams |