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Bill: Welfare
Details
Submitted by[?]: La Parti Conservative
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: March 4007
Description[?]:
| Tries to establish a moderate welfare state |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: Child benefit policies are left to local governments.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state does not provide child benefit.
Article 2
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 veterans shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All veterans 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 offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Current: There is a compulsory private pension system.
Proposed: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:56:13, March 31, 2016 CET | From | Parti Libéral de Alduria (Lib) | To | Debating the Welfare |
| Message | This bill does not establish a moderate welfare state, it abolishes the welfare state. |
| Date | 10:31:29, April 01, 2016 CET | From | La Parti Conservative | To | Debating the Welfare |
| Message | Think of all the taxes we can save by not having to pay for welfare. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 67 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 222 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 161 |
| Random fact: In general, role-play requires the consent of all players. |
| Random quote: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson |