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Bill: Welfare Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National 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: September 3634
Description[?]:
| Very unlike our party, but we feel that this legislation regarding welfare needs change. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state does not provide child benefit.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: Child benefit policies are left to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
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 very basic subsistence income by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:57:32, March 10, 2014 CET | From | Konservatīvā Partija | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | We would support article 1, but not 2. |
| Date | 00:05:08, March 11, 2014 CET | From | Green-Labor Party | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | this is a step in the right direction. we vote yes. |
| Date | 14:12:01, March 11, 2014 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | We would support article 2, but article 1 needs further clarification as to levels of support before we could agree. |
| Date | 20:08:34, March 11, 2014 CET | From | Konservatīvā Partija | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | Actually, meant Article 2 is fine, 1 is the problem. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 96 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 129 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests." - Niccolo Machiavelli |