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Bill: Welfare and General Relief Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Collectivist Party of Lodamun
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: October 2619
Description[?]:
| To improve our welfare programs and lift everyone from poverty. Article 1 A large family is to be considered as any family with four or more children to be supported. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
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 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:14:06, August 08, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Welfare and General Relief Act |
| Message | Would you mind giving a description of what a large family would be considered? We would also like to note that we will not support Article 2 unless a time clause is given as in the current law (OOC: Put it in the description of the bill). |
| Date | 03:44:40, August 10, 2008 CET | From | Collectivist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Welfare and General Relief Act |
| Message | We do not support a time limit for basic income, and will have to keep the law as written. |
| Date | 04:02:08, August 10, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Welfare and General Relief Act |
| Message | We will support it but we would like to introduce a time limit on it to make sure some people are not abusing it and taking it away from the ones who actually need it. |
| Date | 06:00:54, August 10, 2008 CET | From | Holy Eliyahu Confession | To | Debating the Welfare and General Relief Act |
| Message | economically we cant support this form of income redistribution in article two without time limits. it can simply become a black pit financially. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 72 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 26 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 21 |
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