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Bill: Fixing The Deficit Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Populist Social Democrats
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: September 2356
Description[?]:
| Whereas, Cuts in program funding are not feasible given what is needed for the level of services we have authorized, and thus in our opinion not an option with government only accounting for less than 6% of the GDP, and Whereas, We need to get out of deficit, and Whereas, Proposing a personal income tax increase would be a very last resort and as such we hope we can gain support for a sales tax increase on nonessentials, We are proposing such. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 2
Current: 12
Proposed: 7
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:15:46, February 06, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Fixing The Deficit Act |
| Message | We would like to add a promise that, if this passes and if we control the finance ministry when there next is a significant surplus, we promise that our proposal shall be to use the majority, and perhaps all, of the surplus, to decrease middle class personal income taxes. |
| Date | 22:03:57, February 06, 2007 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Fixing The Deficit Act |
| Message | The sales tax, while very egalitarian in our viewpoint, is not our first choice as long as the income tax is in place as it is double taxation. First the income is taxed when you earn it, than taxed again when you spend it. This being said, we will vote in favor of this as an emergency measure, with the PLPL's promise of using any surpluss to reduce income tax. Our refered state would be that all tax revenue be based on sales tax, so this can be viewed as a step in the right direction. |
| Date | 00:11:16, February 07, 2007 CET | From |  Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Fixing The Deficit Act |
| Message | Having forced through a budget in 2351 "With a budget surplus over 6 billion LIK, we are proposing to spend it on our domestic departments, to improve infrastructure, science, and technology and to keep up with population growth.", the PLPL are now trying to up taxes to keep pace with their out of control spending. We propose that the PLPL, instead of messing with taxes, surrender control of the Finance Ministry to another party, such as the AMRLP, to try and sensibly undo the damage wrought. We will not support any further measures that the PLPL try to introduce. |
| Date | 00:25:52, February 07, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Fixing The Deficit Act |
| Message | Damage wrought? Funding programs is damage? It was the LITP that did the damage by cutting corporate and consumption taxes in creating a deficit. We also could not have "forced through" a budget. It required support of the majority of the Convocation. At the time, the LITP voted in favor of the budget, although they stated that the next surplus should be used toward tax cuts. We conceded that point, in debate on this measure. What more they want, it is hard to say. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 125 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 74 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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