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Bill: Income tax proposal of December 2490
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots
Status[?]: passed
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: December 2491
Description[?]:
| The Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Darnussian Republic. |
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 |
| > 15,000 DAR | 4% | 63,529,000,000 DAR | Total | 63,529,000,000 DAR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:18:08, November 24, 2007 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2490 |
| Message | This is a moderate income tax increase, intended to off-set the budget deficit and raise the threshold for those paying income taxes. |
| Date | 17:26:25, November 24, 2007 CET | From | Neoliberal Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2490 |
| Message | Let's cut spending, not increase taxes. |
| Date | 04:20:36, November 25, 2007 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2490 |
| Message | its only a mild increase. |
| Date | 04:21:53, November 25, 2007 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2490 |
| Message | Our budget is pretty much barebones as it is. If you check the stats(unsure if any one outside Finance minister can access), it is only about 8%of our GDP, whereas it is about 15% in the US. |
| Date | 04:22:29, November 25, 2007 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2490 |
| Message | I expect the leftist parties to support this, because I am eliminating taxes on the working class and raising them for everyone else. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 188 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 112 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow." - William Faulkner, Essays, Speeches and Public Letters |