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Bill: Welfare Provision Act
Details
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 3877
Description[?]:
| The fact that the state guarantees no welfare provision at all is appalling and leaves millions of people trapped in poverty. |
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 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:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
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 very basic subsistence income by the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Current: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:18:53, July 16, 2015 CET | From | ÖkoLinks | To | Debating the Welfare Provision Act |
| Message | It is interesting that even when we water our proposals down the nationalists still wont vote in favour. If this bill does not pass the country will continue to lack a much-needed welfare safety net and millions of people across these lands will be signed-up to years of poverty and suffering. The nationalists completely lack any sense of compassion or respect for humanity. Not only do they want to maintain poverty abroad through tied but they also want to maintain poverty at home too. My party simply hopes that the centrists will acknowledge the need for these basic provisions. Currently, we are in a group of only three countries in the world which do not provide child welfare to citizens, and a group of 6 with no pension provision. This is unacceptable and disturbing. - Klemens Müller, ÖkoLinks Leader |
| Date | 16:47:21, July 16, 2015 CET | From | Nationalistische Partij Narikaton | To | Debating the Welfare Provision Act |
| Message | The NPN would have supported this bill but for article 3. Compulsory public pensions are unnecessary, particularly when combined with private pension options. The market can and has adequately handled the retirement needs of Republican citizens for years. A public option represents a state-sponsored (and thus advantaged) competitor in an otherwise fair marketplace. Though I suspect Mr. Müller may have a heart attack when I say it (good think Narik hospitals are the best in Artania, free market run!), the NPN supports articles 1 and 2. - Ewout Van Rompay, NPN Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 57 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 26 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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