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Bill: Pension Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom Coalition
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: January 2150
Description[?]:
| Whilst it is advisable to save for a pension, it is none of the governments business to be enforcing this on other people. What these people wish to do with their money is up to themselves, and the government cannot legitimately force people to do a certain thing with their money. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 pension system.
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 | 10:42:54, December 02, 2005 CET | From | Medusoid Party | To | Debating the Pension Reform |
| Message | really everyone pays for the upkeep of the pensioners through their taxes, they shouldnt complain because when they are old people will pay for their pensions, and before they worked the people who are now retired looked after them, put clothes on their back, fed them and the like. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 313 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 305 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 132 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "Zardugal. . . very successfully almost managed to implement democracy on a global scale, a millennia ago. With a seat in the Security Council we can do it again." - Phoebe Ĥoniato, former Zardic politician |