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Bill: Luxury Tax Cut
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rightist Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: August 2507
Description[?]:
| TBD |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 21
Current: 30
Proposed: 18
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:05:53, December 23, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | We'll oppose. |
| Date | 00:56:18, December 24, 2007 CET | From | Monacelli Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | second that. |
| Date | 08:56:18, December 24, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 14:32:57, December 24, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | Why GLDS when this will allow more poorer peope to afford luxury goods? Don't you care about the poor? |
| Date | 06:03:44, December 25, 2007 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | oppose. luxury goods by definition are not "needed" by anyone whether rich or poor. ie, luxury spending is solely for the sake of conspicuous consumption. under that definition of luxury I would favor a luxury sales tax rate as high as 50%. |
| Date | 18:34:55, December 25, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | 50% are you nuts? |
| Date | 03:22:23, December 26, 2007 CET | From | Monacelli Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | we agree with JDW. those luxury goods are those which display an achieved economic standing. By definition they are not necessary for people to further themselves. the tax rate is fine where it is, no lower. a loss in that money will indeed encourage irresponsible spending...neither a good attribute of a nation, nor its people. |
| Date | 05:41:32, December 26, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | Luxury goods make people happy. Happiness is something we should try to achieve for all our citizens. |
| Date | 17:49:06, December 26, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | And hiking luxury taxes means less people will be able to afford them which means less people will buy which will mean less income for business which means less people which will increase unemployment. |
| Date | 00:49:47, December 27, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | "Why GLDS when this will allow more poorer peope to afford luxury goods? Don't you care about the poor?" This is bull. A luxury tax is a typical tax on rich people. "Luxury goods make people happy. Happiness is something we should try to achieve for all our citizens." Also bull. Do you really think they'ld be happier if we'ld lower the tax rate on ferrari's, diamonds,..etc? Luxury doesn't make poor people happy.. They care about food, clothing, a decent accomodation. That's what they spend their money on. |
| Date | 00:53:27, December 27, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | So they do not spend money on cars for transportation? that's a luxury! What about refrigerators? That's also a luxury. As are washers and dryers, microwaves, and a whole slew of other odds and ends. I see GLDS that you do not want to make these items more affordable. Attack the poor to attack the rich. HAHA! |
| Date | 00:03:01, December 28, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Cut |
| Message | Refrigerators, washing machines and such are not luxuries - not in today's world. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 229 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 270 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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