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Bill: Reducing the budget imbalance
Details
Submitted by[?]: Supporters of Science in Design (IP)
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: December 2529
Description[?]:
| Currently the budget features a 5 billion MCR surplus. The money belongs to the people, not the government, so we wish to return it to them. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 11
Current: 5
Proposed: 10
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 20
Current: 25
Proposed: 10
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:29:30, February 09, 2008 CET | From | Soviet Party (Trotskyist) | To | Debating the Reducing the budget imbalance |
| Message | We believe that just because there is a surplus, taxes should not be decreased. Malivia needs to follow the old maxim "A MCR saved is a MCR earned." We need to save money, so that if war or depression comes, we'll be ready to handle it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 488 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 262 |
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