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Bill: Low Income Act of 4286
Details
Submitted by[?]: Frontul Unificat al Lucrătorilor
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: July 4287
Description[?]:
| Loosening some of my proposals so that they are not too extreme. This will help people with low income to access certain things more easily. I also put a few random things in there. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 70
Current: 65
Proposed: 65
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The salaries of members of parliament and/or government.
Old value:: Members of parliament and/or government are entitled to a comparatively large salary.
Current: Members of parliament and/or government have all their expenses paid for by the state.
Proposed: Members of parliament and/or government are entitled to a comparatively average salary.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions
Old value:: The government does not provide funding for abortions.
Current: The government provides funding for abortions.
Proposed: The government provides abortion funding only for low-income earners.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Current: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Proposed: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely private.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 10
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Homeless shelters and reintegration projects
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning homeless shelters and reintegration projects.
Current: The government runs all homeless shelters and reintegration projects
Proposed: There are government-run shelters, but these coexist with privately run shelters.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
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 | 15:29:34, October 14, 2017 CET | From | Frontul Unificat al Lucrătorilor | To | Debating the Low Income Act of 4286 |
| Message | Don't you care about the low-income earners? The workers will overthrow your terrible reign. |
| Date | 17:01:58, October 14, 2017 CET | From | Alianța Liberalilor | To | Debating the Low Income Act of 4286 |
| Message | We do care, we do. And that is why we don't support this bill. Let me evaluate this bill. Article one lowers the retirement age to 65 years. Do you even know how much that would cost the pensionsystem? Enough to lower the wages significantely. And if people want to retire earlier they can! They can use their own private money or get a different deal with their private pension. Article two lowers the wages of the parliament members. While we agree that they shouldn't be ridiciously high the current wages are fine. If you lower them to the average wages of the people the best parliament members will take a different job wich pays better. I think we all agree that leading the country is a bit harder then building a road. Article three provides funding for abortions. Do you know the costs of abortions? I can tell you it is a lot more than buying a condom, using the pill, having a spiral or taking a morning after pill. If people are so stupid to get a child with the possibility of using these reprecautions they have to take responsibility for it by themselfs. Article four makes contraceptives funded by the state. These contraceptives are payed by everyone. Why should singles pay for the contraceptives of the partners? Unequal if you ask me. Article five restarts the public healthcare system. This has been done years ago and the costs rose extremely. The private sector has proven itself to be able to provide Healthcare against reasonable prices. Article six delegalises childlabour. The current extecive regulations are enough. I will show you the current regulations. http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=531339 Article seven highers the corporation tax which hurts business who can't hire workers because of such a tax. Article eight would make free publically owned nurseries which is payed for by people without children. Article nine would enact government-run shelters which is not fair to the people who don't need it. If you need to use homeless-shelters its your own fault. Article ten would create a voluntary public pension. We have had such a pension for ages and people eventually chose private pensions above the public pension. Recreating the public pension would only result in higher administration costs. I hope you understand. Prim Minustrul Raul Goian |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 101 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Jelbic = "Group of cultures with an overall Central Asian/Eurasian steppe theme, using a fictional language developed specifically for Particracy". |
| Random quote: "Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress." - John Clapham |