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Bill: Free Trade Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coburan Conservative Party
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: March 2459
Description[?]:
We need to encourage more commercial activity within and outside our boundaries. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 10
Current: 15
Proposed: 8
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 44
Current: 45
Proposed: 20
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 18:04:38, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | This is the vehicle for capitalism. |
Date | 18:05:41, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Coburan Conservative Party | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | Not really, it's capitalism walking up your lawn, knocking on your door, opening the letterbox and asking: "Will you let me in?" Will you? |
Date | 18:06:50, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Party for Individualism and Kitties | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | that would crash our budget |
Date | 18:07:08, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | Nope. It's capitalism kicking in your front door, machine-gunning your children and kidnapping your wife. *nod* |
Date | 18:12:06, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Reform Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | thats what you tried to do with this country .... |
Date | 18:12:56, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | What are you gibbering about now? |
Date | 18:22:03, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Reform Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | Machine gunning of our children , kidnapping our wifes ....the total devastation you were trying to implement :( |
Date | 18:22:46, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | WHAT? There was no killing of civilians in the 'War of Survival'. |
Date | 18:27:15, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Coburan Conservative Party | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | You fired upon fellow citizens in the armed forces when they simply attempted to maintain the disaster area. |
Date | 18:29:23, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | They came in to try and disarm us (i.e. the citizens of Cobura). We fought back bravely. |
Date | 18:35:41, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Coburan Conservative Party | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | I would agree with your rights as a militia if the militia was not so entwined with the activies of a party. In my opinion, such militarisation of parties is undemocratic. Arming the citizenry certainly is not though. |
Date | 18:51:59, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Labour Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | This will destory our economy, besdies the taxes are too low as they are. |
Date | 18:54:29, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Reform Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | "Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary." – Mohandas Gandhi I think this is create Quote.Lesson for RPC |
Date | 18:56:49, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Free Trade Bill |
Message | “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 122 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 378 | ||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: When forming a cabinet, try to include as few parties as possible, while still obtaining a majority of the seats. |
Random quote: "Under every stone lurks a politician." Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C |