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Bill: Minimum Income Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Spiritualists' National Union
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: May 2323
Description[?]:
| Every citizen must be guaranteed a minimum standard of living. This is the basic duty of any civilised government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: 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.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:57:12, December 01, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Minimum Income Act |
| Message | Coercing money from hard working families to give to the lazy is no less than theft! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 24 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 65 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 11 |
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