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Bill: Anti-Nanny State Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Traditionalist Liberty 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: May 2817
Description[?]:
| Essentially, we feel that charity cannot be forced upon people. If people of this nation feel the poor should be helped (we in the TLP feel this way) then they should give money to the poor. Taxes should only be for manditory government operations, not redistribution of wealth. |
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: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:13:35, September 13, 2009 CET | From |  Nrzi Prta (Democratic Party) | To | Debating the Anti-Nanny State Act |
| Message | It is the responsibility of the state to protect the population, we see no reason to abolished this protection to our citizen. If the TLP is ready to let old and unemployed peoples died on the street then it is their policy, but we will not allow this. |
| Date | 03:08:17, September 14, 2009 CET | From | Traditionalist Liberty Party | To | Debating the Anti-Nanny State Act |
| Message | They would not die on the streets if the government loving people of the DP would go out and help them. Government cannot be charitable, that can only be done by individuals. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 1 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 645 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocols should generally be reflective of RP conducted within the nation and should not significantly alter or modify the ethnic, religious or linguistic composition without considerable and reasonable role-play or other justification. |
| Random quote: "The trouble with communism is the communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians" - Henry Louis Mencken |