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Bill: Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kundrati Revolutionary Movement
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 2103
Description[?]:
| This bill will remove all taxes on profits of cooperatively and collectively owned businesses that are reinvested in the business. This proposal aims to give tax breaks on investment in worker-run businesses, and therefore promote worker ownership and control of their workplaces. This program will be run on a trial basis for 5 years, and will be brought up for a vote again at the end of that period. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:53:33, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Rational Future | To | Debating the Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives |
| Message | We concur. Providing that economic production is both efficient and lasting, then workers should enjoy the full fruits of cooperative capitalism. |
| Date | 11:54:10, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Rational Future | To | Debating the Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives |
| Message | We would suggest a five year trial period to determine the effectiveness of this policy. |
| Date | 19:55:41, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Party of Evil | To | Debating the Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives |
| Message | A trial period might be a good idea in this case. Would these businesses only be owned collectively, or also be run that way? Or will the workers delegate the actual day-to-day management to hired professionals? |
| Date | 20:41:36, August 27, 2005 CET | From | Rational Future | To | Debating the Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives |
| Message | I believe that that would be the perogative of the worker business itself. |
| Date | 06:08:41, August 28, 2005 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives |
| Message | we'll support. |
| Date | 18:07:13, August 28, 2005 CET | From | Kundrati Revolutionary Movement | To | Debating the Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives |
| Message | We are also be in favor of doing this on a trial basis, and will add a clause to that effect in the text. And yes, the businesses themselves are free to determine their internal structures. What is important as far as this bill is concerned is the ownership structure for the business. |
| Date | 09:14:26, August 29, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives |
| Message | "This bill will remove all taxes on profits of cooperatively and collectively owned businesses that are reinvested in the business" I would certainly hope that taxes are calculated in this manner, for ALL businesses. To tax on turnover is just silly -- IIRC, all taxes are usually calculated like this, unless its a Sole Proprietorship (sp). Is this what you mean however, to remove taxes on the turnover of these type of companies? |
| Date | 07:01:59, August 30, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Support for Cooperatives and Workers Collectives |
| Message | Meh, regardless, I think I'll support this one. If it encourages people (or groups) to get into business, then Im happy. Even so, tax is calculated like this accross the board anyway. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 114 |
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