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Bill: Reduction of Welfare State (2653)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Normand Pluralist Party
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: June 2654
Description[?]:
| Panem et Circenses—these Latin words, meaning "bread and circuses", represent the downfall of a mighty empire which encouraged its own people to stop working by providing them with wealth and entertainment for free. It may be popular, but it undermines civic duty and ultimately the health of the State itself. Sekowans must break free of these bonds! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:33:05, October 18, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Reduction of Welfare State (2653) |
| Message | For once a reduction to only a safty net (and not localization) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 296 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 258 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 46 |
| Random fact: When your party holds the foreign affairs department, you can create new treaties. However, before writing anything new, it is a good idea to search for existing treaties which already accomplish what you desire. |
| Random quote: "The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare homosexuality instead of running off to Canada." - Lorne Bloch |