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Bill: Economic Reforms Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Calvinist Unionist Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2119
Description[?]:
| A series of reforms aimed at improving the economic situation in our country. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 25
Current: 18
Proposed: 7
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 5
Current: 6
Proposed: 4
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Current: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:59:12, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Economic Reforms Act |
| Message | I only agree with article two. Articles one and four are too economically conservative for me. I don't like delegating powers to local governments, so I disagree with article three. Article five is too harmful to the environment for me to vote for. |
| Date | 08:13:47, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Economic Reforms Act |
| Message | For article one, I'd go for either 10, 15, or 20% if it has to be reduced. For article three, I'd go for either subsidise the poor, or the ecologically beneficial, or the strategic. For article four, I'd go for either full regulation, or regulation with subisidise the poor. For article five, I'd go for mandatory industrial recycling. |
| Date | 14:26:33, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Economic Reforms Act |
| Message | Our citizens need money to spend on goods that we produce, no? How can they AFFORD those goods if they have to pay outrageous taxes? In many countries, even THINKING about raising the taxes to 7% would make you quite unpopular. For three and four: Is it not easier for the local governments to decide? They are experts on their economy, and they can decide what is the best decision. Five: This is a free country, y'know(although some parties wish to make it otherwise...)Let the people CHOOSE to recycle. Seeing how we just had quite a few decades of them doing it otherwise, I think the people will decide that they can keep moving those extra 2 feet to put their bottles into the recycle bin. |
| Date | 23:05:44, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Economic Reforms Act |
| Message | artical 1: It's on the profits, not earnings of corporations, down to 7% is too low for us 20 or 15% would be ok. artical 2: completely agree with this. artical 3: You're right the local governments would be better at deciding what's best for them BUT not what's best for the country as a whole! artical 4: ok I suppose artical 5: I agree with PEAT, it shouldn't be madatory for the public but should for industry. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 370 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 206 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 174 |
| Random fact: Real life-life nationalities, cultures or ethnicities should not be referenced in Particracy (eg. "German"). |
| Random quote: "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." - H. L. Mencken |