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Bill: Elimination of Corporate Taxation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jewish Capitalist 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: September 2582
Description[?]:
| When a corporation is taxed, they do not lose money. The consumer does. A corporation will raise its prices when its profit is taxed. Anyone who could support a corporation tax is in favour of harming the consumer, especially the lower income class. We propose eliminating the corporate income tax. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 5
Current: 18
Proposed: 0
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:18:32, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Mothers' Union | To | Debating the Elimination of Corporate Taxation |
| Message | The business community have a responsibility to pay their fair share towards the upkeep of the government's running costs. Melanie Koffenbaum (Minister of Foreign Affairs & Leader of the JMU) |
| Date | 21:55:02, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Elimination of Corporate Taxation |
| Message | I see that the JMU and the CZP are pro-poverty. This is quite sad. |
| Date | 23:43:36, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the Elimination of Corporate Taxation |
| Message | On the contrary we are for a democracy not for some horrible Corporatocracy. OOC: for those who do not know what that is it is a government controlled by business. |
| Date | 01:53:45, May 27, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Mothers' Union | To | Debating the Elimination of Corporate Taxation |
| Message | Reducing poverty is a central aim of the JMU. Melanie Koffenbaum (Minister of Foreign Affairs & Leader of the JMU) |
| Date | 04:40:50, May 27, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Elimination of Corporate Taxation |
| Message | By lowering corporate tax, you help keep consumer prices low, therefore helping the lower income. Being in favour of a corporate tax is like being in favour of starving the lower income class. |
| Date | 08:51:09, May 27, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Elimination of Corporate Taxation |
| Message | It is a pity so many of our national parties believe in starving the poor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 111 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 228 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 61 |
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| Random quote: "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." - Niccolo Machiavelli |