Xsampa

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PAX passes the Tsokling Reform Act of 5700; Making a more sustainable, but still humane, system.
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December 20th, 5700
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It's no secret that the Tsokling System is quite expensive. For any welfare state, this is a sign of pride and progress. However, not every welfare state has what Xsampa has, is a Minimum Basic Income system. First conceived almost 200 years ago, the MBI System has been a hallmark of the Tsokling System, but an incredibly expensive one. So much so that while it's a nuclear bomb against poverty, it is expensive to maintain, to the point that the Tsokling Deficit exists. Now, the solution has long been debated. To foreigners, especially soulless liberals who wish for the death of the proletariat, the solution is austerity. Cut everything, consequences be damned. To others with a heart, the solution is to outproduce the deficit and spend more. For the past 50 years, outproducing the deficit has been the goal, to varying degrees of success. This week however, the Metok Administration has found what it believes to be the solution, not only to the deficit, but the sustainability of the Tsokling System, whilst keeping the system humane.

The Tsokling Reform Act of 5700, passed this week in PAX and looks to do several things. First, it formally redefines any administration, current and future, of the MBI as a guaranteed income floor, instead of a universal dividend. As such, the explicit purpose of the MBI itself will be to prevent material insecurity, and not distribute surplus. The rest of the Tsokling System however, will remain unchanged and focus on fighting material insecurity and distribution of wealth to Xsampans. As such, for the MBI, income tiers will be established. Given the MBI is the equivalent of a nuclear bomb on poverty, it'll be given to those who need it. As such, three tiers will be created. The top tier will cover any income bracket falling into the top 25-30% will no longer receive MBI. The payments will gradually be reduced instead of being a cliff. The second tier, 75-50% will see the same, but their payments will be reduced even slower. The final tier, 55% will see no changes. All reductions will gradually occur over the span of 5 years, and be capped to ensure households can adequately prepare.

The Tsokling Reform Act of 5700 however will explicitly reaffirm that all other services of the Tsokling, whether it be education, housing, deathcare, pensions, child benefits, disability benefits, all the like, will remain universal and available to every citizen of Xsampa, residing in Xsampa. The TRA of 5700 will also explicitly forbid any avenue to introduce means tested welfare reforms, or using this reform, and the existence of the Tsokling System as an excuse to justify cuts to the Tsokling System. Even if it is political suicide to harm the Tsokling System, you can never be too safe. Whatever the case, this will likely do wonders for the Deficit, and ensure that the Tsokling System is humane and capable. Should the People's Committee of Human Development deem the TRA of 5700 to be a negative entirely, MBI payments for all tiers above 55% will be restored in totality, but the PCHD is certain that the safety net that exists, and the economy, will ensure that no Xsampan suffers, unlike what would be seen from western austerity. Where you are cast off to die in the cold, the TRA of 5700 looks to the words of Karlstein Metz, "From each according to his ability, to each according to needs".
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In Other News;

People's Committee of Foreign Affairs updates list of nations that can qualify for the New Hope Initiative; Is another state likely to sign up?

Public Security in Lenakha get into dispute with a yak again; Yak, 2, Public Security, 0.

Gramdkarpo Public Aquarium looks to expand its roster; Creatures of the Sovereign Sea to become a section.
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Today's Quote of The Day; "The real essence of socialism is not found in formal equality, but in the social transformation of living conditions."
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Glory to the Xsampan Revolution! Glory to the Xsampan Proletariat!

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