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Bill: Work Encouragement Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hizbul'quami al-Ijtima'i wa tahir'i
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: November 2735
Description[?]:
| A law to encourage unemployed or unsupported individuals to find work instead of relying on government handouts. |
Proposals
Article 1
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. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:15:29, April 02, 2009 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Work Encouragement Act |
| Message | And what if a person cannot find a job, through no fault of their own? We let them starve? No, that is ghastly. Tukarali has a high unemployment rate, so that even skilled persons are unable to find employment in some cases. |
| Date | 17:13:32, April 03, 2009 CET | From | People's Justice Coalition | To | Debating the Work Encouragement Act |
| Message | Hmmm... sounds a lot like the phrase "Arbeint Macht Frei" does it not? No, all human beings have a fundamental right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. They have this human right, even if they are poor and cannot find work. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 144 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 153 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 203 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "In Germany they first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up." - Pastor Martin Niemoller |