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Bill: Flat Tax Proposal of 2455
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Democrats
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: September 2456
Description[?]:
| The Libertarian Conservative Party proposes to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Federal Republic of Kalistan. Anyone making over 65,000 KRB has to pay a 15% flat tax equaling 850,304,000,000 KRB in taxes. The new system, plus corporate taxes, would provide 986,862,068,625 KRB. |
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 |
| > 65,000 KRB | 15% | 697,477,000,000 KRB | Total | 697,477,000,000 KRB |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:12:51, September 15, 2007 CET | From | Soviet Communists Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the Flat Tax Proposal of 2455 |
| Message | And can we do better this flat tax??? We think yes. We can make this: >65,000 KRB 15% ; >120,000 KRB 15% ; >210,000 KRB 15%. What do you think? |
| Date | 17:45:07, September 15, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Democrats | To | Debating the Flat Tax Proposal of 2455 |
| Message | > <-- means greater than! > 65,000 KRB = 15%! Anyone making over 65,000 has to 15%. |
| Date | 19:41:55, September 15, 2007 CET | From | Soviet Communists Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the Flat Tax Proposal of 2455 |
| Message | oh sorry I dont understand good :) |
| Date | 00:59:11, September 16, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Flat Tax Proposal of 2455 |
| Message | Once again, raising taxes on the poor, and to cut taxes on the rich. We oppose any of these reverse robin hood schemes |
| Date | 04:02:35, September 17, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Democrats | To | Debating the Flat Tax Proposal of 2455 |
| Message | 65,000+ isn't poor!!!! The average income in the US (for people 15 and over) is $35,499. {Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement} |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 267 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 483 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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