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Bill: Religion Taxing
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutania Shaor
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: March 2414
Description[?]:
| For equality. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: No religions are taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:47:54, June 06, 2007 CET | From |  Latter-Day Saints Party | To | Debating the Religion Taxing |
| Message | Absolutely not. This is absolutely ridiculous. |
| Date | 22:20:30, June 07, 2007 CET | From | Rutania Shaor | To | Debating the Religion Taxing |
| Message | By exempting religions from being taxed aren't we subsidising them? Why should we? |
| Date | 00:56:57, June 08, 2007 CET | From | Latter-Day Saints Party | To | Debating the Religion Taxing |
| Message | Religious organization provide services that do good for the community. We should allow them to operate without cutting into their revenue. |
| Date | 01:17:36, June 08, 2007 CET | From | Rutania Shaor | To | Debating the Religion Taxing |
| Message | I fail to see how they do more good for the community than many other institutions. |
| Date | 17:58:16, June 08, 2007 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Religion Taxing |
| Message | They do good for the community, and many people feel they need spiritual guidance, who are we to deny them that? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 327 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 423 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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