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Bill: Act for a Progressive Society
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union for Social Change
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: December 2928
Description[?]:
| We wish to live in a more progressive Mordusia. |
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 both low-income families and large families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All veterans shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income 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 certain period of time.
Proposed: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Current: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:42:25, April 24, 2010 CET | From | Elitist Super Squad (PM) | To | Debating the Act for a Progressive Society |
| Message | Stealing. |
| Date | 01:49:28, April 25, 2010 CET | From |  Royal Crown Alliance (IA) | To | Debating the Act for a Progressive Society |
| Message | Can only be funded by excessive taxation |
| Date | 10:28:48, April 25, 2010 CET | From | Union for Social Change | To | Debating the Act for a Progressive Society |
| Message | Strike excessive and add progressive. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 42 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 93 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "Popular suffrage is in itself no guarantee of freedom. People can vote themselves into slavery." - Frank Chodorov |