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Bill: The Welfare Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Milita and Freedom 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: May 4052
Description[?]:
| Our nation can and should not fund everyone, I do not feel that that is a radical belief, but in our society, we are paying for people who do not need financial help. To fix this we propose the following. |
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 guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
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 very basic subsistence income 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 | 05:39:13, June 30, 2016 CET | From | SLP-Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the The Welfare Reform Bill |
| Message | Madam Speaker For the childcare provision, we use it to increase birth rates which helps us fund everything from our defense to our welfare. We need higher birth rates to keep our entire society running. If we allow the birth rate to decline, then we have a larger retired population that will collapse the economy and our government programs, including our defense and our aid to poorer families. |
| Date | 19:07:32, June 30, 2016 CET | From | Beluzian Liberty and Freedom Party | To | Debating the The Welfare Reform Bill |
| Message | Madam Speaker, Considering the wealth of social services already available, and the quality of medicine in this nation, we feel that there is already more than enough incentive to have children. Furthermore, if the family can afford to have children, we fail to see how cost should be a deterrent to having a child, if the family truly wants children. -Hon. Sen. Pocock |
| Date | 19:09:05, June 30, 2016 CET | From | Imperial Alliance | To | Debating the The Welfare Reform Bill |
| Message | Madam Speaker, We agree on the need to cut the welfare budget, but are not satisfied these particular measures are the right way to go. Senator Cosmo Adams Chairman of the Imperial Alliance |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 332 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 418 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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