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Bill: Success Starts with the Family
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kazari Militarist Movement
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 2659
Description[?]:
| We must come to the understanding that strong families are what empower the Rutanian youth to do well, stay out of trouble and become model citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state does not provide child benefit.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Divorces are only legal with grounded cause (such as adultery, or violence).
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:48:39, October 31, 2008 CET | From | Imperium Party | To | Debating the Success Starts with the Family |
| Message | We support articles 1 and 3. My colleagues in the Imperium Party may support article 2, but we do not believe that divorce should only be allowed with a valid reason such as adultery. If an individual in a couple decides he wants a divorce then he is forced to commit adultery to get a divorce. Most divorces are sparked because of one partner commiting adultery anyway. But we do not think that judges and courts should waste time looking at evidence of adultery such as amatuer videos. Iain Angel Imperium Party Leader |
| Date | 02:34:23, November 01, 2008 CET | From | Federal Rutanian Libertarian Union | To | Debating the Success Starts with the Family |
| Message | Welfare only encourages laziness and inefficiencies. We do not believe that any government should be responsible for the massive inflation that this will cause. |
| Date | 06:49:51, November 01, 2008 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Success Starts with the Family |
| Message | The Orange Party believes that current welfare and child benefit programs are sufficient to meet the people\'s needs. People should not rely on the government to provide for their well-being other than defence of liberties. And people have the right to leave their spouses whenever they so wish. Audley Cooper, Orange Party Leader |
| Date | 12:00:40, November 01, 2008 CET | From | Imperium Party | To | Debating the Success Starts with the Family |
| Message | The Imperium agree with the Orange Party, there are too much citizens in Rutania taking advantage of government help in other words, stealing from the government. However if everyone agrees, article 1 should pass. Iain Angel Imperium Party Leader |
| Date | 15:05:50, November 01, 2008 CET | From | Kazari Militarist Movement | To | Debating the Success Starts with the Family |
| Message | How about instead of welfare child benefits, how about tax reductions for all families with children under the consent age? -Ryan Tong: Vice chairman of the RKMT |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 178 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 421 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "The European Union and environmental advocacy groups use global warming hysteria to advance their own special agendas. The European Union recognizes any significant reduction in CO2 emissions by the United States will significantly reduce its economic output, thereby bringing it closer to the inferior output of European nations. Environmental advocacy groups work to stifle economic and industrial progress wherever they find it to inhibit the successful advancement of peoples in developing nations, inevitably making mankind a second class citizen of planet Earth." - Dr. Jay Lehr |