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Bill: RP Tax Cuts
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: October 2533
Description[?]:
| The Republican Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Republic of Telamon. This is the only fair way to tax and that is a flat tax. |
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 |
| > 100 TPD | 8% | 29,277,000,000 TPD | Total | 29,277,000,000 TPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:53:56, February 17, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Ordo Malleus (COM) | To | Debating the RP Tax Cuts |
| Message | Minister of Finance Haran Jaxx issued a statement on the proposed RP Tax Cuts legislation. "It is irresponsible to cut taxes by as much as the Republican Party proposes. The CAM sponsored Income Tax Proposal of October 2525 coupled with the CAM sponsored Budget Proposal of October 2525 drastically cuts government spending and income tax while maintaining a delicate balance. Individuals are not taxed beyond their ability to pay. While government spending was cut to the bone while maintaining necessary programs to a high quality. The proposed RP Tax Cuts will cripple Telamon. In order to have a balanced budget government spending will have to be cut by over 50 million TPD. Those cuts will include severe reductions in Telamon's ability to feed, clothe, shelter, educate, and protect itself. Medical services will be reduced almost to nothing. Disease will be allowed to run rampant, our infrastructure will decay, our children will become uneducated and unable to work when they grow up. Our military will be reduced to a handful of soldiers using sticks and stones to protect us from invaders. And, the entire government will have to shut down. Millions will starve and die. I find it impossible that anyone in Parliament is so cold hearted. Clearly, the Republican Party means well by trying to save taxpayer money. But, there are other ways to do that. I must ask that Parliament vote against this bill." |
| Date | 07:37:53, February 17, 2008 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the RP Tax Cuts |
| Message | Actully with the Tax Cuts we still have a surplus of money. So this will do nothing to the programs that the government provides it citizens. |
| Date | 11:37:41, February 17, 2008 CET | From | Rightful Radical Party | To | Debating the RP Tax Cuts |
| Message | In a good will, we will support this proposal, knowing that the people of CAM are educated. We once again ask of them to support the new flag, and we don't know why they didn't do that. Thank you. - Vojislav Krkljus |
| Date | 11:39:05, February 17, 2008 CET | From | Rightful Radical Party | To | Debating the RP Tax Cuts |
| Message | Once again, looking at this bill, we see that it is proposed by the Republican Party and that we, when we look at it again, cannot support it. Thank you. - Vojislav Krkljus |
| Date | 23:38:15, February 17, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Ordo Malleus (COM) | To | Debating the RP Tax Cuts |
| Message | Minister of Finance Haran Jaxx issued a statement on the proposed RP Tax Cuts legislation. "The member from the Republican Party is incorrect in his recent statement. The Republican Party's proposed RP Tax Cuts legislation will reduce government income to just under 49B TPD. Whereas the current government budget, after the drastic cuts enacted in the passed Budget proposal of October 2525 has government expenses at under 100.5B TPD. If the RP Tac Cuts legislation is passed Telamon will be at a deficit of over 51B TPD. 51 billion TPD is a lot of money and the only way to balance that in the budget is by cutting more programs. The budget is already cut to the bone and the existing budget and the CAM sponsored Income tax proposal of October 2525 work just fine. Telamon is operating at peak efficiency with the necessary programs. I must remind Parliament that if the RP Tax Cuts legislation is passed millions will starve and die and the government will have to shut down. Please vote against this bill and protect Telamon's future." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 268 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 208 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 274 |
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