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Bill: Welfare Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Conservative Party
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: September 4006
Description[?]:
| An act to re-incentivize work, reduce the vast stress on the public purse, and reorient the role of government in the lives of its citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
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 reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:41:57, March 30, 2016 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act |
| Message | We need to increase our citizens' freedom of choice and refocus our welfare policies to supporting the truly needy. |
| Date | 04:00:24, March 31, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act |
| Message | Naturally, we oppose privatization. |
| Date | 20:58:47, March 31, 2016 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act |
| Message | This is not privatization, though. It's choice. The public option still exists, untouched, and it will be preserved under a NCP government. But it's only fair the another option be open to our citizens, should they choose to use it. |
| Date | 21:48:31, March 31, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act |
| Message | We have no problem with choice, we simply wish to ensure that the same quality standards exist in both the public and the private sector. On this point, we would be willing to support Article 3 if it was separated out, but an erosion in universal entitlements expressed by Articles 1 and 2 are simply not about choice: it is about ending the universal nature of our social programs in Kalistan. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no | Total Seats: 750 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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