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Bill: Guarantee of minimum income
Details
Submitted by[?]: Zardugal's centrists
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: December 2174
Description[?]:
| unemployment benefits to be exact... for 6 months |
Proposals
Article 1
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. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:54:20, January 23, 2006 CET | From | New Daio Party | To | Debating the Guarantee of minimum income |
| Message | No. This would require approximately 60b in increase to welfare to fund properly. I will release no such funding. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 222 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 230 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 49 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "Global warmers predict that global warming is coming, and our emissions are to blame. They do that to keep us worried about our role in the whole thing. If we aren't worried and guilty, we might not pay their salaries. It's that simple." - Kary Mullis |