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Bill: Rebuild the Welfare State.
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Thomasian 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: October 2214
Description[?]:
| The thomasians stand by the belief of the Welfare state. Protection and care by the state from the cradle to the grave. This means that Education and Health especially should be available for free, for all, at the time of need and paid by taxes. The Lord Mordus provided us with our land and lives, that is are belief. For many of you it is the Judeo-Christian god who provided you with these things but even then our arguments remain the same. We are all equal and no one should be allowed to suffer in anyway because of the circumstances they were born into, we must help our fellow citizens in every way we can and all should have the chance of recieving equal education and health care. The Liberals in this assembly I have no doubt will argue that public health care will be more expensive and less efficient than the private system they think every one should be forced to use but this is not true. The market may fail and often will when it comes to health care promoting Monopolistic or an Oligopoly which will create inneficiency and higher costs for the consumers and higher costs for us the government as we are forced to raise our subsidies to low income earners. As an example of this I again move to the real world (for which I apologise). The UK which operates the largest public health care system uin the world last year spent 7.7% of GDP on health care. The United States which subsidises costs for the poor spent 15% of GDP on health care (statistics from the OECD). THis shows how a public system can be more economically viable as well as more socially responsible. I implore the members to be fair to all Mordusians and bring back the Welfare State! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:35:48, April 13, 2006 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the Rebuild the Welfare State. |
| Message | If you want I could draw a graph showing how with Health and Education both with price inelastic demand it is actually not in a private providers best interest to reduce costs as this will decrease their revenue and profits. The public sector does not need to make a profit and would want to decrease costs as lower costs and taxes are generally a vote winner. |
| Date | 15:54:24, April 14, 2006 CET | From | Clare Quilty Party | To | Debating the Rebuild the Welfare State. |
| Message | The CQP will vote for both of these articles. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 324 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 122 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 153 |
| Random fact: Party candidates for head of state elections are not visible to the public. This means that you cannot see who will run and who will not, which adds another strategic element to the elections. |
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