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Bill: Welfare Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gao-Showa Imperial 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: April 2324
Description[?]:
| 1. Families do no need government support just for being large. If they are to poor to adequately care for their children on their own the government should step in but not otherwise. 2. The government can not provide unemployment benefits for ever or else there is less of an incentive to find work. We should encourage people to work not live of benefits forever. 3. If people want to keep money in private pension schemes the government has no right to stop them. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
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:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
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 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 operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
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 | 17:46:31, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Refuge Pressure Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Bill |
| Message | We actually agree with the first two propoals, and we are happy for unemployment benefits to become job-seekers benefits. But we do not agree with changing the "reasonable" benefit to "very basic", we will have to consider this bill a while longer before voting. |
| Date | 17:46:51, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Refuge Pressure Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Bill |
| Message | We apologise, we meant to say we agree with the first and last proposals. |
| Date | 17:48:31, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Bill |
| Message | I realise the difficulties of a very basic income, however it is the only option available which is time limited and if given the choice we probably would have favoured time limiting the current policy. |
| Date | 11:58:05, December 04, 2006 CET | From | Refuge Pressure Party | To | Debating the Welfare Reform Bill |
| Message | We understand what you say, but we do not believe it would be right for us to vote for such a reduction. While we agree with what you believe in principal, the realistic implecations (i.e. that we can only time limit if we reduce the amounts) means that we will have to vote no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 490 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 109 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 151 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward." - John Maynard Keynes |