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Bill: Sales Tax
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: October 2424
Description[?]:
| It is the wish of the finance ministry to cut sales tax on essential goods to 2%. Most of the loss in revenue will be absorbed by the budget surplus but for a short period a budget deficit of roughly 0.05% of GDP will exist, this is so small the budget would in effect be balanced. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 5
Current: 5
Proposed: 2
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:11:47, July 06, 2007 CET | From |  Progressive Liberal Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Sales Tax |
| Message | Does it inlfuence our economy? Can one see our GDP? |
| Date | 17:55:34, July 06, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax |
| Message | yes in the economy section on the main page |
| Date | 17:56:00, July 06, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax |
| Message | OOC: though it is more politics than anything as the economy system doesn't work all that well |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 657 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 62 |
| Random fact: Zardugal is a nation based on the old Byzantine Empire, with a modern twist and the Esperanto language. Zardugal is located on the continent of Majatra. |
| Random quote: "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." - Martin Luther King Jr. |