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Bill: PWP Temporary Finance Improvement Initiative
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperialist 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: October 2401
Description[?]:
| We should seek a balanced, or near-balanced budget, as a matter of good policy. As Hutori has doubled defence spending - surely with offensive intent - we need to increase our defence spending in tandem. That requires tax increases. Excise taxes, such as the ones I am proposing are the best way to go on that score. They don't require a lot of bureaucratic overhead, and further, they stimulate saving (more than income taxes). While I recognize that they are a bit regressive - LUXURY taxes are not, and we have an extensive social welfare system for just that purpose. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 20
Current: 45
Proposed: 35
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 10
Current: 7
Proposed: 20
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 30
Current: 27
Proposed: 50
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:14:38, May 08, 2007 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the PWP Temporary Finance Improvement Initiative |
| Message | Never increase taxes. |
| Date | 22:21:31, May 08, 2007 CET | From | Páirtí Sóisialach | To | Debating the PWP Temporary Finance Improvement Initiative |
| Message | I cannot agree to article 2, but I could accept the others. |
| Date | 01:06:59, May 09, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the PWP Temporary Finance Improvement Initiative |
| Message | These aren't tax increases, they are temporary finance improvements. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 317 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 284 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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