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Bill: Sales Taxation Proposal 1. Essential Goods.
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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: February 2097
Description[?]:
| In order to guarantee that the lowest income earners in society can afford to purchase essential goods the Sales Tax will be set at no higher than 1%. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 10
Current: 0
Proposed: 1
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:00:17, August 15, 2005 CET | From |  United Blobs | To | Debating the Sales Taxation Proposal 1. Essential Goods. |
| Message | Fine by me |
| Date | 22:48:57, August 15, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Sales Taxation Proposal 1. Essential Goods. |
| Message | Actually considering the amount of money we are bringing in from this I would advocate this remainging constant so as to prevent the massive budget deficit (sp?) that this would bring. |
| Date | 23:03:29, August 15, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Sales Taxation Proposal 1. Essential Goods. |
| Message | There wouldn't be a budget deficit, I planned well. The increase in the non-essential tax rate, plus the addition of the Corporation Tax (which was included previously, so where it's gone I'm not sure) would cover the reduction in this tax rate. The only reason we are lowering this is to guarantee food, clothing etc supplies to our poorest citizens, otherwise we wouldn't even be considering this. |
| Date | 23:48:00, August 15, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Sales Taxation Proposal 1. Essential Goods. |
| Message | Until we can see the coproration tax figures and the effects of our other laws then it is hard to say what will happen. I'll vote for for the moment but when the figures come expect change. |
| Date | 23:51:23, August 15, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the Sales Taxation Proposal 1. Essential Goods. |
| Message | This seems fair enough. Don't forget, in the UK (not sure about US) we do not pay VAT (sales tax) on food, children's clothing and similar essential items. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 399 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 1 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward." - John Maynard Keynes |