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Bill: National Welfare Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Revolutionary Communist 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: March 3162
Description[?]:
| The following proposals will (1.) abolish all private property, (2.) nationalize all industry - foreign and domestic - expropriating the capitalist class and (3.) provide a social safety net in the transition to democratic socialism |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works and for corporate use.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for any reason.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:43:10, August 03, 2011 CET | From | Baltusian Pantian Alliance | To | Debating the National Welfare Act |
| Message | Commie |
| Date | 23:13:37, August 03, 2011 CET | From | Baltusian Freedom Party | To | Debating the National Welfare Act |
| Message | The BFP will not support this |
| Date | 12:36:07, August 04, 2011 CET | From | Social Democratic Legend Party | To | Debating the National Welfare Act |
| Message | we support the last article but not the others |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 120 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 280 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." - George Bernard Shaw |