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Bill: Income Support Act (2190)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltarian Nationalist Party
Status[?]: passed
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: June 2191
Description[?]:
| Subsistence should not have a time limit put on it. People may struggle to find work through no fault of their own but still be forced to live in poverty as they have went outside the timeframe to qualify for support. To prevent abuses all people on income support should go to the job centre every week to sign on and if they are offered a job and refuse it then benefits should be stopped. |
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. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
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 very basic subsistence income by the government.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 217 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 183 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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