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Bill: Religion Tax Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party of Luthori
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: February 2465
Description[?]:
| People in religious organizations are still citizens of Luthori. They should pay taxes like everyone else! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not 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 | 21:31:34, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, This is an outrage! Nay, in a HOLY EMPIRE it's TREASON! * Roars of support erupt from the loyalist section of the Diet. I yield the floor. |
| Date | 21:59:42, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Luthori Pro-Gun Party | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Mr, Speaker, I am afraid, as an anti taxer and a conservative, i'll have to vote no. |
| Date | 05:52:27, September 13, 2007 CET | From | Individual Liberties Party | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Increasing taxes never has a positive effect. All it serves is to increase the bureaucracy, and further restrict the freedoms of our people. |
| Date | 14:52:09, September 13, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Hear hear! |
| Date | 21:20:45, September 13, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Quoting the Individual Liberties Party: "Increasing taxes never has a positive effect", are you suggesting we abolish taxes altogether? |
| Date | 21:26:43, September 13, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | edit to previous post. I am not recommending that we increase taxes, just have all people regardless of race, sex, or religion be taxed. Currently this is just like the government choosing which people they will tax and which they will not. |
| Date | 23:03:49, September 13, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We have proposed for a long time that all tax be rationalised at a tithe of 10%, but as the Church is an integral part of the state it makes no sense to tax it than to tax government departments out of their government budgets. Individual churchgoers pay tax like everyone else, of course, why would the Church pay tax again? I yield the floor. |
| Date | 23:15:09, September 14, 2007 CET | From | Christian Royalist Party | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We will vote against this as we would defend our religious institutions and would not impose more taxes on the people. Yield |
| Date | 03:11:45, September 15, 2007 CET | From | Luthori Pro-Gun Party | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, we should move this to a vote. |
| Date | 22:25:59, September 21, 2007 CET | From | People's Revolutionary Committee | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | I will vote yes |
| Date | 14:25:43, October 02, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Oops, forgot about this bill. Moving to a vote. |
| Date | 14:43:47, October 02, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | People shouldn't be exempt from tax because they are part of a religious group. |
| Date | 17:18:34, October 02, 2007 CET | From | Falanges Party | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | It will cost you socialists!!!! we won't allow you to put the Church in the same position as other organizations. |
| Date | 16:25:38, October 03, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | Well if god created us equal we should all be treated equal. If other people have to suffer from taxes, they should too |
| Date | 21:45:17, October 03, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Tax Act |
| Message | What about charities? Do you want to tax them too? And voluntary organisations who do their bit in the community? Maybe you'd like to tax the dead as well? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 22 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 56 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 27 |
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