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Bill: Essential Goods Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists
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: December 2593
Description[?]:
| Essential goods should not be taxed. These taxes are grossly unfair on the poorest. Arthur Smith (General Secretary of Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 10
Current: 6
Proposed: 0
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:48:20, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Citizen's League | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | Our nation can simply not afford this hefty a tax cut. A less generous cut, such as 7 or 8% would be acceptable. You have also not outlined any changed in spending. |
| Date | 23:51:47, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, As my Rt Hon Friend from the LCU said: we simply cannot afford this. On the other hand: everyone can afford a tithe on their purchases: and not only the "poor" buy food and clothing – rich people buy larger quantities of more expensive food, and still buy non-luxury clothing, paying more tax than their less hard-working counterparts. |
| Date | 00:29:11, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The revenue lost through abolishing this tax could easily be recouped by increasing taxes on the rich and the luxury goods they gorge themselves on. Arthur Smith (General Secretary of Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists) |
| Date | 00:43:28, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The rich already pay more tax because they earn more and spend more. Perhaps our honoured guest would like me to explain percentages to him? |
| Date | 02:52:46, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The rich class in Luthori is amongst the least taxed in all of Terra, paying only 10% on income and 10% on luxury goods. That this state of affairs is allowed to continue, whilst millions of ordinary Luthorians live in poverty and without access to basic services, is scandalous enough. However, the scandal is doubly more so when the poor are compelled to pay taxes on the goods which are vital for their being able to live! Arthur Smith (General Secretary of Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 51 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 92 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 31 |
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