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Bill: Tax Cuts
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alorian Populist Party (DemCoa)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill proposes to change income taxes. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2635
Description[?]:
| The Social Capitalist Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Democratic Republic of Aloria. Still enough to pay for the budget, and this should stimulate the economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
We propose to alter income tax brackets to the following setup. Information about the current income tax system can be found here.
| Bracket | Tax | Estimated Revenue |
| > 5,000 ALO | 2% | 2,960,000,000 ALO |
| > 10,000 ALO | 5% | 1,551,000,000 ALO |
| > 12,500 ALO | 6% | 1,232,000,000 ALO |
| > 15,000 ALO | 7% | 2,596,000,000 ALO | Total | 8,339,000,000 ALO |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:31:55, September 10, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Tax Cuts |
| Message | We vote no because of the lack of tax cuts for the poor. |
| Date | 22:44:24, September 10, 2008 CET | From | Alorian Populist Party (DemCoa) | To | Debating the Tax Cuts |
| Message | 5,000 ALO is average income. Those are extremely small taxes too. Meanwhile, 10,000 ALO is pretty comfortable. |
| Date | 22:48:12, September 10, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Tax Cuts |
| Message | Tax cuts for the rich are a no. |
| Date | 03:11:10, September 11, 2008 CET | From | Alorian Populist Party (DemCoa) | To | Debating the Tax Cuts |
| Message | Why not, MLP? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 508 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 66 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 176 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion." - Joseph Goebbels |