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Bill: The Low Income Family
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Libertarian 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: December 3051
Description[?]:
| I think we all know that a large portion of our population is below the poverty line in this country and I wish to make this a rich country for all, that includes the lower class not just the corporations. Due to the current concerns it seems this has to be the first priority, help the people. |
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: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:04:22, December 26, 2010 CET | From | Imperia Nationalist Party | To | Debating the The Low Income Family |
| Message | i do not understand article 2 gives more welfare then what u are proposing. I will create a bill with article 1 changed though. |
| Date | 19:05:53, December 26, 2010 CET | From | Imperia Nationalist Party | To | Debating the The Low Income Family |
| Message | my bad article 1 is as high as it gets but article 2 is fine the way it is |
| Date | 01:50:09, December 27, 2010 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the The Low Income Family |
| Message | I feel like each article are going in opposite directions |
| Date | 06:20:28, December 27, 2010 CET | From | Conservative Libertarian Party | To | Debating the The Low Income Family |
| Message | It is the same direction, the old one kept one person above poverty, this keeps a family above poverty. |
| Date | 16:50:10, December 27, 2010 CET | From | Darnussian Reform Conservative Alliance | To | Debating the The Low Income Family |
| Message | Welfare promotes dependence and redistributes money that the market could use for job creation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 212 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "The packaging for a microwavable 'microwave' dinner is programmed for a shelf life of maybe six months, a cook time of two minutes and a landfill dead-time of centuries." - David Wann |