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Bill: Sales Tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Patriots' League
Status[?]: passed
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: November 2500
Description[?]:
| We must protect the Kalistani coffers. Imagine the embarrassment there would be if our empty vaults were repo'ed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 5
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 0
Current: 10
Proposed: 5
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:43:41, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Kalistani Interest Party | To | Debating the Sales Tax |
| Message | Low tax is better than no tax. |
| Date | 21:27:55, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Sales Tax |
| Message | Sales taxes are inherently regressive. .. they hurt the poor more than the rich. We oppose all sales taxes, and believe only in income and corporate taxes. Plus, Kalistan has a spending-based economy, which will be helped by a lack of sales taxes, as will the tourism industry. |
| Date | 00:58:14, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Patriots' League | To | Debating the Sales Tax |
| Message | Mythonomics from all sides! Yay! |
| Date | 01:30:12, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Democrats | To | Debating the Sales Tax |
| Message | We need the money, we're running a 421,296,403,100 KRB deficit. Raise taxes or cut government spending. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 424 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 313 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 13 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit." - Eli Khamarov |