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Bill: An Act Concerning Religious Organisations and Taxation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ocean Submarine League of Progress
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2642
Description[?]:
| Whereas religious organisations provide services to the community, Whereas religious organisations currently operate under a tax-free environment, Whereas the government levies taxes on services, This act does empower the Senate to levy a tax on religious organisations as it sees fit. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:20:53, September 23, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the An Act Concerning Religious Organisations and Taxation |
| Message | We oppose, we find this disturbingly anti-religious as religions help the community and especially the poor with their funds. |
| Date | 18:37:43, September 23, 2008 CET | From | Ocean Submarine League of Progress | To | Debating the An Act Concerning Religious Organisations and Taxation |
| Message | This act does not levy a tax on religious institutions. This empowers the body at hand to levy taxes in the future if it so chooses. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 52 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 143 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests." - Niccolo Machiavelli |