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Bill: Social Security Restoration
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa)
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: July 2570
Description[?]:
| This bill will reduce demands on Aloria's welfare rolls. If anyone needs an explanation, just say so. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Current: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
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 | 20:58:46, May 01, 2008 CET | From | New Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Social Security Restoration |
| Message | Yes from us |
| Date | 20:59:56, May 01, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Social Security Restoration |
| Message | Short and sweet: in a welfare state, mandatory retirement saving is a superior policy to voluntary, because otherwise many low-wage earners will make the decision to depend on welfare for retirement rather than a pension. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 391 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 275 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 84 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "It is never too late to give up our prejudices." - Henry David Thoreau |