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Bill: Welfare Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand National 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: April 3244
Description[?]:
| We should conduct several reforms in the area of welfare. 1.) I think we can all agree that there is a need to help those in need. However, we should stop redistributing taxpayer money from top to bottom. By making the basic income a temporary measure scheduled to exceed after a certain amount of time, we can save a lot of money that could be used for further tax cuts. 2.) We can not force the people to pay for a public pension system. The individual knows better abou the ideal way to plan for his retirement than the government. We should therefore give the people more options, such as private pensions. Ariane Delanois GNP Spokeswoman for Health and Social Services |
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.
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 very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Proposed: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:44:41, January 16, 2012 CET | From | Partido Democrático Monárquico | To | Debating the Welfare Reform |
| Message | Your proposals are acceptable to us. We support them. Otto von Blick (RDP) Minister of Health and Social Services |
| Date | 15:08:55, January 16, 2012 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform |
| Message | We wish to thank Minister von Blick and the RDP for their support. Lance McCaughlin GNP Party Secretary |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 128 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 122 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." - Ralph W. Sockman |