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Bill: Social Safety Net Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Salvation Front of Aldegār
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: April 4191
Description[?]:
| We must strengthen the livelihoods of our workers by increasing their living standards. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 reasonable, though not high, standard of living 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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:30:46, April 03, 2017 CET | From | Aldegar Unity Party | To | Debating the Social Safety Net Act |
| Message | We cannot accept this bill! This will damage the economy for forcing on the companies the burden of supporting the entire country, let alone when you have to make a large jump in the living standards. Our minimum wage is already enough to support a family of four. |
| Date | 23:55:22, April 03, 2017 CET | From | Ahadism Democratic Unity Party | To | Debating the Social Safety Net Act |
| Message | Too bad we don't have a budget office to tell us what the costs of this bill would be. The first bill seems to raise government subsidies. The second bill seems to cut the minimum wage. We are mixed about this effort and will vote no for now. |
| Date | 00:33:24, April 04, 2017 CET | From | National Salvation Front of Aldegār | To | Debating the Social Safety Net Act |
| Message | The second bill does not cut the minimum wage. The text is quite clear, rafiq. |
| Date | 02:12:42, April 04, 2017 CET | From | Ahadism Democratic Unity Party | To | Debating the Social Safety Net Act |
| Message | The current value supports a family of four. The second value is a living wage for a single worker. This suggests to us that this is in fact a cut in the minimum wage. |
| Date | 03:52:59, April 04, 2017 CET | From | National Salvation Front of Aldegār | To | Debating the Social Safety Net Act |
| Message | It is quite marvelous how the letter of a bill will be used to deride the spirit. Bravo, sir. You have exceeded your party's usual propensity for the enforcing the status quo without equivocation. Bravo. OOC; pretty sure that's just a phrasing issue on part of the mods, the way the choices are laid out its made to seem the left choice. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 141 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 449 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 60 |
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