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Bill: Welfare Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers 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: March 4183
Description[?]:
| We shouldn't leave our children behind and treat them as pieces of trash |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
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 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 reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:47:05, March 19, 2017 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform |
| Message | The major problem our party has with this proposal is that Article 1 guarantees child benefit to all families: this would include families in the top 1%, families in the highest income bracket. These welfare programs are funded primarily through taxation - it makes absolutely no sense to tax lower-income families and reassign that money to richer families just because they happen to have children. We also see no reason to change the current value of Article 2. |
| Date | 04:51:25, March 19, 2017 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform |
| Message | We will reverse the decision on Article 1 once this is passed |
| Date | 12:46:54, March 19, 2017 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform |
| Message | It's a copy of my welfare reform bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 303 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 447 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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