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Bill: Social Welfare Reform Act 2249
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partido Socialista
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 2250
Description[?]:
| A bill to reform our Welfare State |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: Child benefit policies are left to local governments.
Current: The state does not provide child benefit.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: 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.
Article 3
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 offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:46:02, July 05, 2006 CET | From | Partido Socialista | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reform Act 2249 |
| Message | Social Democrats believe that the huge surplus of our country must be prudently redistributed. This bill is nothing more than basic support for poor families, for basic subsistence income, for a basic pension system, all requirements for a compassionate, tolerant society. We must have confidence that by the strong helping the weak, we are all made stronger. |
| Date | 23:22:02, July 05, 2006 CET | From | New Liberal Party | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reform Act 2249 |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 03:32:32, July 06, 2006 CET | From | Partido Socialista | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reform Act 2249 |
| Message | The Fair Capitalist Party have been telling us that they "support whole-heartedly the welfare system", but they voted against a bill to ensure nothing more than the basic social security for the people of our country. And they even failed to tell us why... |
| Date | 04:49:09, July 06, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reform Act 2249 |
| Message | This is a futile waste of our tax dollars. The government paying people simply for being poor? Nonsense. Then how many people will stop working just to get a handout from the government? We might as well flush our tax dollars down the toilet. We will have none of this. |
| Date | 11:40:45, July 06, 2006 CET | From | Partido Socialista | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reform Act 2249 |
| Message | We are not talking about ensuring prosperity, but just about survival. There's no issue of Welfare Trap since the proposed support is trinkets really. It's the least we should do to make sure that poverty and complete inequality do not undermine our prosperity. |
| Date | 16:36:12, July 06, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reform Act 2249 |
| Message | Opposed broadly due to the same reasons as the Libertarians. |
| Date | 23:58:12, July 06, 2006 CET | From | Patriotic Front | To | Debating the Social Welfare Reform Act 2249 |
| Message | We tentatively support this bill, because we believe the State has to take care of its citizens. We feel ambiguous about section 2, but will vote in favour nonetheless. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 279 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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