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Bill: Welfare Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aloria First
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 3645
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: Child benefit policies are left to local governments.
Current: The state does not provide child benefit.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 2
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: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:15:07, April 03, 2014 CET | From | Wildrose Alliance | To | Debating the Welfare Act |
| Message | We like Article 2 as it stands. So we oppose this resolution. However, as it presumes that only the "left" oppose this and due to the ineffectiveness of our stance either way, we will abstain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 125 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 150 |
| Random fact: Particracy has 464 player slots. |
| Random quote: "Radical left-wing ideologies must be stamped out." - Franklin McCarthy, former Solentian politician |