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Bill: Work or Starve
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic National Party
Status[?]: defeated
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 2550
Description[?]:
| There shall be no government funded strike action during times of war. GET BACK TO WORK!! |
Proposals
Article 1
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: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:42:37, March 23, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Workers' Party and CTUL List | To | Debating the Work or Starve |
| Message | We need no minimum provision when we control food reserves. |
| Date | 12:58:13, March 23, 2008 CET | From | Democratic National Party | To | Debating the Work or Starve |
| Message | Maybe so, but many of your traitors will be crushed under the pressure that these bills will bring. |
| Date | 17:38:21, March 24, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Work or Starve |
| Message | Striking is not treason, even in wartime. The CLP overstep their bounds. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 194 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 266 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 206 |
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| Random quote: "We make war that we may live in peace." - Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics |