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Bill: Reduction of Clergy Salaries
Details
Submitted by[?]: Levica | NV
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: October 3520
Description[?]:
| The lower clergy may have gained their larger salaries following their strike, however they must have come to realize that a nominal increase in salary does not result in a larger buying power. This act will begin Holy Deltaria's clampdown on inflation. Mihai Alexandrescu, Minister of Finance OOC: Previous one had wrong article. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:56:38, July 24, 2013 CET | From | Hosiany Národná Strana | To | Debating the Reduction of Clergy Salaries |
| Message | This is a blasphemous attack on Holy Mother Church. How will she survive if she cannot afford to support her hard-working and devoted clergy? How will she rescue souls from damnation if she lacks the resources she needs? Father Tendaji Djaanfari |
| Date | 13:06:15, July 24, 2013 CET | From | Levica | NV | To | Debating the Reduction of Clergy Salaries |
| Message | All Deltarians, whether they are members of the Holy Church or not, already pay a tithe. Need I remind Father Tendaji that greed is a sin, and that the Church already has more than enough for her needs. Mihai Alexandrescu, Minister of Finance |
| Date | 13:09:11, July 24, 2013 CET | From | Hosiany Národná Strana | To | Debating the Reduction of Clergy Salaries |
| Message | I do indeed agree with the Finance Minister than greed is a sin, and that is precisely why Deltaria should stop being so greedy and allow the priests to make a decent living! After all, what job is more important than the saving of souls? What job could possibly be more deserving of a fair salary? Father Tendaji Djaanfari |
| Date | 13:18:37, July 24, 2013 CET | From | Levica | NV | To | Debating the Reduction of Clergy Salaries |
| Message | When peasants starve to death, when orphans and widows are overlooked, when holy Hosian charity is utterly ignored, priests cry out for more? Have you ever seen a village priest, with an overflowing belly, a luxury car, and entirely covered in golden crosses, all bought from the spoliation of credulous believers? Priests get more than enough from overpriced services, let alone the free money they get from tithes. If they wish to save souls, they should begin with their own. Mihai Alexandrescu, Minister of Finance |
| Date | 13:21:06, July 24, 2013 CET | From | Hosiany Národná Strana | To | Debating the Reduction of Clergy Salaries |
| Message | Priests have to suffer much in this life, counselling the sick, the dying, the despairing and the sure-to-be-damned. Surely they are entitled to few luxuries, to alleviate their misery? Father Tendaji Djaanfari |
| Date | 13:30:35, July 24, 2013 CET | From | Levica | NV | To | Debating the Reduction of Clergy Salaries |
| Message | They will have plenty of reward and luxury in the afterlife, if they do their duties with a pure heart and out of Hosian love, rather than love for material gain. Mihai Alexandrescu, Minister of Finance |
| Date | 13:32:16, July 24, 2013 CET | From | Hosiany Národná Strana | To | Debating the Reduction of Clergy Salaries |
| Message | But if Boh wishes them to be reward in this life as well as in the afterlife, and if Boh sets events in motion to give them a fair salary...then who are mere laymen to try to reverse Boh's decision? Father Tendaji Djaanfari |
| Date | 15:27:53, July 24, 2013 CET | From | Levica | NV | To | Debating the Reduction of Clergy Salaries |
| Message | The events set in motion call for more equality and justice in front of the Czar. Mihai Alexandrescu, Minister of Finance |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 39 | |
| no | Total Seats: 36 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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