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Bill: Taxes for essential goods
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Socialist Left 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: January 2593
Description[?]:
| To mantain our economic sustainable the Government should increase the taxes for corporation's profit and decrease the taxes for essential goods |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 4
Current: 2
Proposed: 2
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:58:32, June 16, 2008 CET | From |  Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the Taxes for essential goods |
| Message | We support the lowering of taxes, even though we believed this particular tax to be at a low enough level. However, we must take into account that this cut will reduce the yearly profits of the Federal Budget to under 5M CDC, putting a strain on our financing capacity. Thus, we vote an aye with reservations. |
| Date | 15:41:37, June 16, 2008 CET | From | Cildanian Workers Coalition | To | Debating the Taxes for essential goods |
| Message | It has taken cildania YEARS to get to a position where we are paying off the National Debt. We find it unwise at this stage to lower any other taxes whilst direct taxation is at 4% |
| Date | 19:58:47, June 16, 2008 CET | From | Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the Taxes for essential goods |
| Message | We understand the point of view of the CWC, and have similar views but we will not, on principle, vote against a tax reduction. However, if the vote proceeds such that only through our affirmative vote may the bill be passed, we will abstain. As this is not the case yet (i.e. the PLP switching to abstention will not reverse the result), we keep our ayes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 83 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 83 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people." - Oscar Wilde |