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Bill: End the Managerial Welfare State Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Reform Party
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 2935
Description[?]:
| It is now taken for granted that the State arbitrarily confiscates a substantial portion of the income of one group of people and transfers it to another in the form of various welfare services. This is essentially no different to theft or slavery, insofar as the first group of people is compelled to work partly for the benefit of others by involuntarily sacraficing to the second group the fruits of their labour. But it also has untold adverse affects on society: it makes poverty more appealling and comfortable for the poor, thereby eliminating any incentive they have to strive for a better standard of living on their own merits; it destroys the virtue of personal responsibility; it enables those who would otherwise have lived on their own means to opt for welfare dependancy; and it provides a disincentive to those with higher incomes to earn more. The reality is that, when given the choice between working to earn something or getting it for free, many people will choose the latter, and not necessarily because they are physically unable to do the former. Masquerading as a force for 'progress', the welfare State is carrying Rutania down a path towards serfism, paternalism, and ultimately, complete destruction. The Reform Party proposes that the federal government services of childcare, pension and minimum income be abolished to end the centralized welfare State. However, this bill will leave it to the discretion of local governments as to whether they will provide these services. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: Child benefit policies are left to local governments.
Article 2
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: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
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 | 09:17:02, May 05, 2010 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the End the Managerial Welfare State Act |
| Message | We fully support. |
| Date | 13:38:57, May 06, 2010 CET | From | Reform Party | To | Debating the End the Managerial Welfare State Act |
| Message | Do other parties have views on this legislation? The RP would like to hear from them if they do. We would not like to move this legislation to a vote without thorough debate. |
| Date | 12:12:31, May 07, 2010 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the End the Managerial Welfare State Act |
| Message | Freedom believe this is a big step in the direction of smaller government. We will support. Valerie Atkins Freedom Party Ldr |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 384 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 116 |
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