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Bill: Benefits Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Conservatives
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: October 2614
Description[?]:
| At the moment those with income guaranteed by the government have no incentive to go out and find work as the government already gives them a reasonable income, this leaves them in a poverty trap where they perceive themselves to be better off on benefits rather than working. What we propose is a system whereby we guarantee enough income so our people have a safety net but there is a strong incentive to go back to work as soon as possible. |
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 very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:08:28, July 30, 2008 CET | From | Hete Brorskap | To | Debating the Benefits Act |
| Message | The minimum income guarantee is at a reasonable enough level already. We oppose slashing it further. Alf Borghild (Chief Gothi of the Hete Brorskap) |
| Date | 17:43:00, July 30, 2008 CET | From | Mitten Partiet | To | Debating the Benefits Act |
| Message | It's good as it is |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 81 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 362 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 57 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "Since when did you care about women?" - Faith Chiang, former Gaduri politician |