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Bill: Luxury Goods Tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamonese Communist 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: July 2621
Description[?]:
| The rich should pay more for their luxuries, so that better public services can be funded for the ordinary people. Albert Brocklehurst (General Secretary of the Telamonese Communist Party) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 27
Proposed: 20
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:05:30, August 14, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the Luxury Goods Tax |
| Message | The current luxury tax is already a substantial amount which we view as quite sufficient. Daunte Woodson Chairman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 90 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 274 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 75 |
| Random fact: Real-life quotations may be used in Particracy, but the real-life speaker or author should always be referenced in an OOC (out-of-character) note alongside the quotation. |
| Random quote: "The payment of taxes gives a right to protection." - James M. Wayne |