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Bill: Income tax proposal of February 2469
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Cildania for Matty Party
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: October 2469
Description[?]:
| The The Cildania for Matty Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Cildanian Republic. We still have a budget deficit. |
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 |
| > 1 CDC | 99% | 2,635,446,000,000 CDC | Total | 2,635,446,000,000 CDC |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:03:53, October 11, 2007 CET | From |  Marxist-Leninist Happiness Front | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of February 2469 |
| Message | We would've liked it slightly higher but we'll go along. |
| Date | 00:43:11, October 12, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of February 2469 |
| Message | MLHF, we understand that you are all for the redistribution of wealth, but shouldn't we have the policies which redistribute that wealth before we take it away? Given the current policies of the nation, the Matty government is taking all the wealth of the nation, then allocating it to departments which don't have the authority to do anything. So essentially all the wealth of the nation is being stolen from those who create it, and held in bank accounts belonging to the government, where it is doing absolutely nothing. Matty combines the taxing and spending policy of the ultimate communist with a set of laws which is ultimately libertarian. This combination bears all of the negative effects which anti-communists attribute to communism, as well as all the negative effects anti-libertarians attribute to libertarianism, with none of the benefits of either. Would it not be better to change policy so that the funding which actually exists is being spent on something before seeking to raise more funds? |
| Date | 01:32:26, October 12, 2007 CET | From | The Cildania for Matty Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of February 2469 |
| Message | No, we don't need policies which redistribute wealth. We'll just ignore your policies and go ahead and redistribute wealth. |
| Date | 14:26:11, October 12, 2007 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Happiness Front | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of February 2469 |
| Message | ICE makes a valid point. WIth state policies the way they are it is too soon to have such a high tax rate. |
| Date | 16:38:17, October 12, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of February 2469 |
| Message | The point is that you aren't redistributing anything, because you are taking it away from the earner and then not distributing it to anyone. The point of redistributive policy is to equalize wealth, not to eliminate it. Though of course students of history will realize that generally attempts to equalize wealth result in its eventual elimination anyway, but that is a seperate debate which will have to wait for more civilized times. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 67 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 8 |
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