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Bill: Income tax proposal of September 2471
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamonese Cultural Alliance
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: June 2472
Description[?]:
| We actually have enough money to set the income tax to a very low rate only applying to the richest citizens. Game mechanics do not permit us to completely eliminate it. |
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 |
| > 10,000 TPD | 1% | 299,000,000 TPD | Total | 299,000,000 TPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:16:26, October 17, 2007 CET | From | Les Pirates Ninja Napoléoniens | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2471 |
| Message | Such a tax rate is very much appropriate to a proper economy. This bill has the full support of the Party. |
| Date | 03:50:45, October 17, 2007 CET | From | Meritocracy Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2471 |
| Message | We object. We could be using the surplus to find a massive military buildup. |
| Date | 05:38:47, October 17, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of September 2471 |
| Message | Absurd. The restoration of a just social democracy demands extraordinary social welfare expenditures! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 71 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 423 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 256 |
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