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Bill: Welfare Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party of Kanjor
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: June 2145
Description[?]:
| We shouldn't have people living under the line of poverty in our country when it's unnesecary. We should allow workers to be paid under what they should either, which is what forces families into this state, so they should have unions, where they can use strike action. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to large families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions are illegal.
Current: Only government-run trade unions exist and membership in them is compulsory.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 3
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.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income 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 | 19:29:36, November 22, 2005 CET | From |  Kanjoran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Welfare Bill |
| Message | We fully support this bill. If somebody can't take care of themselves then that doesn't mean they can be left behind. However, we should have some measures that makes it so people can't mooch off of the system. |
| Date | 19:38:10, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Secular Humanist Party | To | Debating the Welfare Bill |
| Message | Great. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 308 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 291 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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