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Bill: Income Tax Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Party
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: May 2551
Description[?]:
| We propose a universal flat tax of 10% on income. This would significantly streamline the taxation system, allow our citizens a greater purchasing power, and significantly reduce the unnecessary bureaucracy we face. A punitive income tax is a way of punishing citizens for working hard. We therefore think negatives should be taxed, instead of positives. Environmental damage and alcohol should be more heavily taxed in order to provide a limited welfare system. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:23:12, March 24, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Ordo Malleus (COM) | To | Debating the Income Tax Reform |
| Message | A flat tax would greatly reduce the nation's income and in order to have a balanced budget we would have to cripple services. As such, we cannot support such an idea. The Conservative Adeptus Mechanicus Party instituted sweeping tax and spending reform resulting in the current lower taxes. We don't see how it is possible to maintain necessary services at a high level of quality with a flat tax of 10% for all citizens. We believe in the slogan "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need." This utilitarian system promotes the greatest good for the greatest number of people. It is the government's duty and responsibility to serve its people. Those who can afford more should help cover those who cannot. It is also the responsibility of those with less to work hard and place themselves in a position where they can help others. Each person must strive to reach a higher plateau. A universal 10% tax is crippling to the budget and the government's ability to assist people in bettering themselves. -President Thorden Raxney Jr. |
| Date | 00:31:27, March 24, 2008 CET | From | Radical Party | To | Debating the Income Tax Reform |
| Message | Utilitarianism is diametrically opposed to individualism. It puts the need of the majority above the minority, and is both undemocratic and unrepresentative. A universal flat tax of 10% is both low enough to be proportional, and beneficial enough to fund key services. The private sector is known to be both competitive and efficient, and can more than aptly provide for the majority of services the government currently provides. The 10% flat tax would be enough to provide both an emergency safety net. We are supporters of a safety net, but the current welfare has become more of a hammock than a net. We therefore believe that lowering the tax would increase purchasing power, increase employment, and bolster our national GDP. - Kristian Donson - Leader of the Radical Party |
| Date | 07:06:53, March 24, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Ordo Malleus (COM) | To | Debating the Income Tax Reform |
| Message | I have one question for you at this time. If your theory is validated by and wanted by the people then why do a majority prefer to have a larger government that takes care of these issues? According to national data the people, and by this I mean a majority of individuals, want big government to handle services for them. This has been verified by a secondary poll created initiated by the Conservative Adeptus Mechanicus Party. A representative sample, in our poll, of 130.5 million voters were asked their position on the issue. Of that 68.4 million people favor big government. That is 52.4% of the sample, which can be extrapolated to 94.4 million of Telamon's entire voting population want big government. What do you have to say to those nearly 95 million people who say you are wrong? -Roger Evars, Deputy Party Leader CAM |
| Date | 13:28:10, March 24, 2008 CET | From | Radical Party | To | Debating the Income Tax Reform |
| Message | Some impressive statistics, but we have conducted research of our own. We discovered that of 130,376,616 people polled, 57.9% (given room for marginal error) were at least leaning towards small government in terms of government responsibilities, as opposed to 49.1% (given room for marginal error) who were at least leaning towards big government leaning. These statistics can be found in our party newsletter. Like we have previously stressed, we are not opposed to a welfare state or to taxation. We merely find punitive tax on income counter-productive, and believe taxation should be diverted elsewhere: environmental taxation, an increase of tax on alcohol and cigarettes, as well as implementing religious taxation. - Fieren Goldmark - Finance spokesman |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 107 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 99 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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