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Bill: Welfare Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Raging Bull Zealots of Zidine
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: September 2132
Description[?]:
| I, the Grand Imperial Overlord of Kafuristan dictates that we will NOT be commies! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The state does not provide child benefit.
Article 2
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.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:41:37, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | Child-benefit and a minimum income aren't commie... Trust me, if it were our party's way, we would have 100% income tax, which is actually impossible in Particracy. |
| Date | 02:19:05, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian and Federalist Alliance | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | Can I remind the Traditional Party that they just voted FOR the current value of Article I here: http://82.238.75.178:8085/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=26638 The same is true of other parties. Why now vote against it? |
| Date | 02:23:19, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian and Federalist Alliance | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | With apologies to Maude Flanders: Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children? |
| Date | 03:07:46, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | After this passes, I shall propose to undo this bill, and I can almost guarantee that it will pass again. |
| Date | 06:37:17, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | You know what would be nice? A non-extreme solution as far as welfare was concerned. We're only voting yes here because it's closer to our desires than what you've put out before. |
| Date | 20:49:15, October 28, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian and Federalist Alliance | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | I suggest introducing into the next Parliament a bill to give Child Support to poor families, not large families. Would this be less extreme, Old School Liberal Party? |
| Date | 14:47:00, October 31, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | The "Old School Liberal Party" says one thing and votes another. You would rather let people starve than feed more than those who need it? |
| Date | 15:50:15, October 31, 2005 CET | From | Old School Liberal Party | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | We didn't say one thing and vote another. This bill was indeed preferable to the system that existed. Such ridiculous levels of welfare have no place in any society, especially in a society where the economy is so far behind the curve already. We weren't particularly ecstatic about this bill, but we were even less excited about your insane proposals to create obscenely high minimum wages and minimum incomes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 203 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 65 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 32 |
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