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Bill: Child Benefit Act of February 3970
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Socialist Confederation
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: April 3971
Description[?]:
| The state will guarantee child benefit to both low-income families and large families. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:33:17, January 20, 2016 CET | From |  Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Child Benefit Act of February 3970 |
| Message | Large families that are not poor shouldn't be getting subsides for their children. The ability to have a lot of children is a perk for being wealthy by itself. |
| Date | 08:16:47, January 20, 2016 CET | From | RISE Movement | To | Debating the Child Benefit Act of February 3970 |
| Message | Large families can push people into poverty and to prevent this we should help them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 81 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 294 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 50 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." - Havelock Ellis |