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Bill: Welfare State Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Capitalist 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: September 2322
Description[?]:
| We should go further in creating a safety net for the poor of Davostan, by creating a further reaching welfare state. To pay for this we should increase taxes that corporations pay, as a more prosperous nation brought about by the welfare will create more profits for them |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 1
Current: 30
Proposed: 5
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 6
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 certain period of time.
Current: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Article 7
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 and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Proposed: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Local governments decide upon the funding policy.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:36:34, November 30, 2006 CET | From |  Democratic Revolution Party | To | Debating the Welfare State Act |
| Message | I agree with most of these proposals, but i'm not convinced that we can live in this fantasy world where we have enough finances to make all of this happen. Taxing larger corporations on their profit is agreeable but will eventually drive companies away from the region. At this time, the extent of these proposals seems a little too radical. As individual bills, quite a few of these seem very good, but then again they are stained by some of these articles (8 and 2 are the ones that stand out). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 153 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 347 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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