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Bill: Welfare Support Act, 2654
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand Liberal 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: April 2655
Description[?]:
| This is a bill to provide Rutanians who are "poor" with a better opportunity at life. Although the previous and current law is just fine, this ensures that all Rutanians have a good chance at life, which is something the GLP firmly believes in. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 | 00:31:53, October 20, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Welfare Support Act, 2654 |
| Message | The current bill gives incentive to the person receiving welfare to get themselves back on their feet while still enabling them to subsist for a time. If you remove the provision limiting the welfare for a limited time then you will end up with people not doing anything, knowing that they can just get help from the government. |
| Date | 21:31:24, October 20, 2008 CET | From | Grand Liberal Party | To | Debating the Welfare Support Act, 2654 |
| Message | The GLP see's a good argument in the Orange Party's opinion, and will admit that the current policy is a better one. David Collins Leader & Founder of the Grand Liberal Party. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 599 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities." - John Dalberg-Acton |