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Bill: Peasants Welfare Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ducal Delegation
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: January 2115
Description[?]:
Healthcare, pensions and national minimum income: Aldegar has enough peasants already without lavishing money on pointlessly extending their lives. It is more humane and economically viable to let them die naturally. Waste disposal and recycling: How are the peasants meant to survive? It is heartless for wealthy people not to leave out a little rubbish... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely private.
Article 3
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.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Proposed: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:41:31, September 20, 2005 CET | From | Novy Smer Party | To | Debating the Peasants Welfare Act |
Message | I do not even need to comment, do I? Ivana Dvorakova Parliamentary Leader Novy Smer Party |
Date | 12:29:01, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Peasants Welfare Act |
Message | No, just vote as you're told to you ridiculous peasant. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
Date | 14:51:58, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the Peasants Welfare Act |
Message | We wont be entertaining Mr Shaftsbury's illusions of nobility. |
Date | 04:43:24, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Civil Liberties Party | To | Debating the Peasants Welfare Act |
Message | The Ducal Delegation has clearly lost there minds... We will not support this. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 64 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 199 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 58 |
Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
Random quote: "I do not believe that the United States should be bound by the same rules as the smallest African nation. Life isn't like that." - Richard Perle |