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Bill: Equal Aid
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Conservative 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: July 2202
Description[?]:
| -All families should get tax breaks equally for children. -If people want to give to the poor, they can. That is their choice, not ours. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
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. 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: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:14:12, March 16, 2006 CET | From |  Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Equal Aid |
| Message | This will work with the "Lower Taxes on Business Profit" bill to give out JOBS, not money. Direct money does not solve poverty. This will not necissarily lower aid to the poor anyway; with lower taxes to be put into place, people are free to give to whomever they wish, not who the government wishes. |
| Date | 07:52:04, March 17, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Equal Aid |
| Message | We support article 1 and vehemently oppose article 2. Please separate these and we can support you on article 1. The Citizens Party had made this the law of the land many years ago until it changed just recently. |
| Date | 20:06:18, March 17, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Equal Aid |
| Message | This does not mean the poor will not get help, it just means people will give it themselves. It gets cheaper that way, and probably more effecient. It is not the government's responsibility to dish out money. The people do that how they wish. I will not sepperate these bills. |
| Date | 18:37:20, March 19, 2006 CET | From | Conservative People's Party of Jelbania | To | Debating the Equal Aid |
| Message | We have the same position as the Citizens' Party. |
| Date | 19:44:43, March 19, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Equal Aid |
| Message | I can't force you to separate them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 320 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 181 |
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