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Bill: Child Benefit
Details
Submitted by[?]: De venstregrønne
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: March 3557
Description[?]:
| VG would like to restore child benefit to all Kazulians. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:16:11, October 06, 2013 CET | From | Det kazulianske Arbeiderparti | To | Debating the Child Benefit |
| Message | I'd like to ask the Left-Greens to come up with A SINGLE good reason to provide even the wealthiest of capitalists with money that they obviously don't need. The Reform Socialist law that was passed ensures that all Kazulians who need child benefit, gets it. It's just wrong to take money that could have been spent on helping those who actually need it away from them, and in practice just give it to those who are already well-off instead. Welfare is vital for Kazulia, but this is excessive, wasteful and one hundred percent unnecessary. |
| Date | 14:16:48, October 06, 2013 CET | From | Nye Alliansen | To | Debating the Child Benefit |
| Message | Mr Speaker I will give to RsP the answer which DVG will not. The answer is that they pay tax - they pay tax and anyone who pays tax deserves something in return. We should have a society in which all pay in and all receive - in which society cares for its members - and that is what this promotes. Kazulia is a generally equal nation - we are building a society of little differences and high income - so unless you intend to take child benefit from ALL kazulians you will support this bill. |
| Date | 15:34:40, October 06, 2013 CET | From | Det kazulianske Arbeiderparti | To | Debating the Child Benefit |
| Message | I'm sorry, but even though our tax system is progressive, some people earn far more than others. People who earn a lot, do not stand there with *that* much less once their taxes have been paid. All should pay indeed, but providing those who do not need this kind of welfare, with welfare, will only result in the rich getting richer. Money that could have been spent on people who need it, is instead spent on the wealthy and people who do not need/want it. Also, everyone should have something in return as well, I agree - but in other forms than child benefit that most likely won't be spent on the wealthy children anyway, but probably on business investments. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 117 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 65 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 25 |
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