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Bill: The Entitlement Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Buidheann Saorsa
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 2909
Description[?]:
| It is not the government's responsibility to give all adults who aren't working or supported by another person money. |
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:47:31, March 17, 2010 CET | From | Christian Party | To | Debating the The Entitlement Act |
| Message | It's our responsobility as Christians to help these people. |
| Date | 20:23:23, March 17, 2010 CET | From | The Liberal Intellectualism Front | To | Debating the The Entitlement Act |
| Message | Minimum Income is an absolute requirement as the market is unable to take into account the lag transistory periods. A basic income during such a transistory period of time (either between jobs and employment or the training/learning period needed for specialising in another field) will thus ensure that those not currently employed will be able to support themselves during the lag phase, thereby increasing employment mobility too and making the economy more allocatively efficient. Rushed employment will not do efficiency any good. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 45 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 128 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 37 |
| Random fact: It is the collective responsibility of the players in a nation to ensure all currently binding RP laws are clearly outlined in an OOC reference bill in the "Bills under debate" section of the nation page. Confusion should not be created by displaying only some of the current RP laws or displaying RP laws which are no longer current. |
| Random quote: "Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken |