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Bill: Guaranteed Minimum Income
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social-Liberal Caucus
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: August 3887
Description[?]:
| This bill makes every adult citizens not supported by another person in Ibutho beneficiaries of a reasonable standard of living. It helps to fight against criminality and diminish poverty by empowering the citizens. It will be financed by a rise in consumption taxes and in the higher income tax brackets. |
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.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:42:10, August 04, 2015 CET | From |  National Republican Bloc | To | Debating the Guaranteed Minimum Income |
| Message | Party Leader, We must not play the role of robin hood. Our party must not rob Peter to pay Paul. Instead of raising entitlements for the poor we should create more opportunities for the poor to improve their own lives. Rafa Biyombo NRB Leader |
| Date | 06:11:10, August 04, 2015 CET | From | Social-Liberal Caucus | To | Debating the Guaranteed Minimum Income |
| Message | Dear Party Leader, "To play the role of Robin Hood" would imply that we would be stealing to the richs in order to give to the poors. Surely my friend didn't mean that the government, from the Party for which we all work so much, is stealing anyone. We merely suggest that a contribution should be done by the wealthiest for them to live well with their fellow citizens. After all, their successes are partly due to this very same government which would be "stealing". Bongani KaAyanda, Leader of the Social-Liberal Caucus |
| Date | 07:34:46, August 05, 2015 CET | From | Ukulondolozwa / Preservation | To | Debating the Guaranteed Minimum Income |
| Message | Dear Party members, I can not support this move. I think personally that people should work to get out of poverty and not be subsidized by the government for not working. However, my faction thinks that our current policy is sufficient enough. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 210 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 89 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Carlos Hank Gonzalez |