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Bill: Welfare Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Nationalist 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: August 2615
Description[?]:
| In order to allow the economy to grow, but keep the financial security. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates and owns all banks.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Current: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Proposed: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors are not allowed to invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 6
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.
Article 7
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 offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Current: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: Stock exchanges are banned.
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: The government owns the stock exchange(s).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:59:14, August 01, 2008 CET | From |  Unity Of Peoples Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform |
| Message | Some of these alone may be okay. But bundled together like this they are useless. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 152 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 279 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 164 |
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| Random quote: "In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from." - Peter Drucker |