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Bill: Progressive Reform Bill - An End To Free Lunches
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Party
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: June 2161
Description[?]:
| We propose to end payments to guarantee a minimum income as they are a drain on the Likatonian economy and in the case of disaster, separate aid packages will be provided in lieu of a minimum income. |
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. 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: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:55:41, December 24, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - An End To Free Lunches |
| Message | The AAS cannot support leaving Likatonian citizens to starve on the streets. |
| Date | 22:03:50, December 24, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - An End To Free Lunches |
| Message | We're surprised that the Libertarian Anarchist Faction couldn't find a way to gain the support of the rest of the AAS in voting in favor of this bill. |
| Date | 01:56:05, December 25, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - An End To Free Lunches |
| Message | The Libertarian wing of the AAS did push for support, but were argued down on a technicality. The other factions made a convincing case that market forces should govern in the market place, but that those helped by the current 'cash payment' scheme are below even access to the market place. In other words, market forces can only help those who can participate in the market. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 192 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 175 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 116 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job." - Author Unknown |