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Bill: Pension Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
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 2106
Description[?]:
| An act to make provision for workers to enhance their pensionable income by opting into private pensions available in addition to their state pension. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:00:46, September 05, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | i don't see why the state needs to operate an optional private system. if the people want to have a private pension, it seems that letting the banks handle it would provide much more of an economic boost than just another state system. |
| Date | 04:03:39, September 05, 2005 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | This voting against me is getting down to a personal level isn't it? This is clearly a left-wing policy that you would have supported if another party had tabled it. |
| Date | 04:09:04, September 05, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | no, it's not. look at how i vote on the space program: the state subsidises private contractors. it's a mix of letting the state do what it needs to, and letting the rest go to what keeps the economy moving. |
| Date | 04:45:20, September 05, 2005 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | NFP, the optional private pension is a non-government pension sytem, the public system is the state system. |
| Date | 04:47:00, September 05, 2005 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | It could be a bank, or an insurance company, or a company specialising in pension plans. Or indeed any company. It could even be a community-run system. |
| Date | 10:09:19, September 05, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | but does it need to be endorsed and enforced by the government? no. if the banks want to run their own pensions, let them. it's not banned. if they don't, that's fine, too. but we don't need a bill telling them to do so. |
| Date | 19:13:40, September 05, 2005 CET | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | i'm noot voting against this because it's wrong. i'm voting against it because it's unnecessary. |
| Date | 01:59:42, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | I was surprised to see which way the LLP voted after reading their comments above... |
| Date | 06:09:26, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | Well at the time the option allowed for people to have no pension, the new one is better. |
| Date | 22:58:51, September 06, 2005 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Pension Reform Act |
| Message | Ah. you changed your vote! Was the no vote a mis-click? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 362 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 183 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
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