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Bill: The Social Security Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democractic Party of Gaduridos
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: August 3573
Description[?]:
| To ensure that there is sufficient social protection for the people of this great nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of vocational schools and colleges up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 6
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. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
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.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Current: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Proposed: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Current: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Proposed: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:36:08, November 07, 2013 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the The Social Security Act |
| Message | The expense! As we have seen in this nation under Communist rule, the government breaks anything that touches, so why would we expand government this much. We'd have to raise taxes drastically, and the Conservative Party cannot support such a socialistic bill. |
| Date | 04:41:36, November 08, 2013 CET | From | United Founder's Party | To | Debating the The Social Security Act |
| Message | This bill is outrageous, why is this attempt to actually maximize the government trying to happen here? We vote no due to Communist Governing articles in this bill. |
| Date | 09:23:43, November 08, 2013 CET | From | Social Democractic Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the The Social Security Act |
| Message | Members of the floor, this government is only spending 301,350,000,000 GAD on the last budget out of a total revenue out of 3,072,223,249,924 GAD. This is simply outrageous, the taxes of the people need to be spent, this government must provide the services our citizens should expect! |
| Date | 22:14:04, November 08, 2013 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the The Social Security Act |
| Message | The government does not need to provide these sorts of extensive services as the government has shown time and time again to mess up everything it touches. Rather, we propose lowering taxes in order to account for the low spending. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 350 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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