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Bill: Welfare Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Likatonia
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: August 4559
Description[?]:
| Everyone in, nobody out! |
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 all families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Homeless shelters and reintegration projects
Old value:: There are government-run shelters, but these coexist with privately run shelters.
Current: There are government-run shelters, but these coexist with privately run shelters.
Proposed: The government runs all homeless shelters and reintegration projects
Article 3
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 reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Current: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:57:47, April 11, 2019 CET | From | Social Democratic Party of Likatonia | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act |
| Message | Article 4 is odd to us. We'll be abstaining unless the proposal is either removed or altered to voluntary association. |
| Date | 05:37:10, April 12, 2019 CET | From | Democratic-Social Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Act |
| Message | The bill was sent to the Social Services Committee by fifteen Representatives of the Socialist Workers Party and sponsored by other 58, including members of the Liberal National Party and the Social Democratic Party of Likatonia. Myself and other twenty Committee members deemed this bill, as well as all the bills recently proposed by the SWP, a little too extremist. We agree that certain reforms are necessary, and we are working to improve our welfare system. We asked the Budget Committee to perform and economic evaluation of what these changes would mean for our national economy. The Budget Committee's recommendation was to vote down the bill due to its high costs, which would require a 73% increase in income taxes and a 52% increase in luxury goods taxes. We do not want to raise taxes so high. Despite this report, the bill was voted into the floor's consideration. On behalf of the entire Social Services Committee, I recommend to vote "no" on this particular bill. Toby Green Social Services Committee Chair |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 63 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 343 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
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