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Bill: Income tax proposal of July 2446
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change income taxes. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2447
Description[?]:
| The Democratic Rationalists propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Democratic Republic of Aloria. |
Proposals
Article 1
We propose to alter income tax brackets to the following setup. Information about the current income tax system can be found here.
| Bracket | Tax | Estimated Revenue |
| > 15,000 ALO | 3% | 839,000,000 ALO |
| > 20,000 ALO | 4% | 357,000,000 ALO |
| > 28,000 ALO | 5% | 8,000,000 ALO | Total | 1,204,000,000 ALO |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:43:41, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of July 2446 |
| Message | We took MLP's criticisms to heart. We eliminated taxes altogether for the first three tax brackets, leaving only modest revenue enhancements for the top two. Then we added a new bracket, and imposed modest enhancements on that bracket too. Overall, almost all Alorians get a tax cut under this bill. |
| Date | 03:44:24, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of July 2446 |
| Message | I would add that this tax proposal will still leave Aloria with a substantial budget surplus. |
| Date | 04:22:09, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of July 2446 |
| Message | Raise taxes on the rich why don't you? This is discrimination. We cannot vote for this, it only helps supplement keeping the communists tendencies of your party going. |
| Date | 05:58:48, August 24, 2007 CET | From | United Laborers | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of July 2446 |
| Message | The rich have a higher proportion of disposable income and will be less affected by higher taxes. |
| Date | 17:13:13, August 24, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of July 2446 |
| Message | Everyone gets a tax raise by this bill and they call it "fairness". What an oxymoron. |
| Date | 17:49:34, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of July 2446 |
| Message | No. Almost everyone gets a tax cut under this bill. The previous top three income brackets get mild tax increases. |
| Date | 02:52:17, August 25, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of July 2446 |
| Message | Just because they're a minority you can take more of their money? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 285 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 221 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 94 |
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