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Bill: Welfare Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Socialist 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: April 3433
Description[?]:
| Every Dranish citizen should be guaranteed a reasonable standard of living. We are a prosperous country, and there is no excuse for the levels of poverty we are currently seeing. We need to do much more for those at the bottom. Antonio Benandez MP (Leader of the Opposition) |
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 reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:35:54, January 27, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, our prosperity is based on the premise that working and boosting productivity should pay off. Promising wealth without effort to the citizens will not only destroy this incentive, but is immoral, irresponsible and fundamentally misguided. Lana Howell-Torres MP Member for Ulbrach GNP Parliamentary Leader |
| Date | 22:41:59, January 27, 2013 CET | From | Radical Liberal Party of Dranland | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker The thing that is immoral,GNP's excessive opposition of helping the needy and making it looks like immoral,irresponsible and misguided.They are the one who are irresponsible by deregulation and privatization Florence McCormick MP from Elbian Chairwoman of Greens |
| Date | 01:02:41, January 29, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I call upon the GNP to do something for the poor for once in their existence, change their mind and support this Bill. There is no excuse for allowing poverty in this country. Antonio Benandez MP (Leader of the Opposition) |
| Date | 10:37:55, January 29, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, there really is no excuse to live off someone else's money in a country that prospers and offers opportunities for all. Lana Howell-Torres MP Member for Ulbrach GNP Parliamentary Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 98 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 211 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 42 |
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