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Bill: In Support of Economic Fairness
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperial Cildanian Egoists
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: September 2452
Description[?]:
| RESOLVED: That all who benefit from government should pay for that government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 2
Proposed: 3
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:44:46, September 07, 2007 CET | From |  New Liberal Action | To | Debating the In Support of Economic Fairness |
| Message | You support taxing people for living, thats kinda harsh... |
| Date | 22:18:31, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the In Support of Economic Fairness |
| Message | Harsh? Taxing people for living? I support taxing people for *spending*, because I believe in the ideal that individuals should pay for the benefits they receive, and the only charity should be that which is freely chosen by the giving party. If an individual wishes not to pay sales tax, he can so choose, only paying one time, by purchasing some goats and some seeds. From the seeds he can grow his own fruits and vegetables, from the goats (obviously with some breeding) he can get milk, meat, and clothing. In this way those who *choose* to participate in society and enjoy its benefits are required to pay for their participation, but with a fairly small initial investment, they can also choose to opt out of that system. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 176 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 125 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 57 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "In America today, you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see, and nobody calls the cops." - Paul Brooks |