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Bill: Income tax proposal of August 2642
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ocean Submarine League of Progress
Status[?]: defeated
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: April 2643
Description[?]:
| Seawave propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Mordusian Federal Republic. |
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 |
| > 55,000 MRD | 1% | 11,639,000,000 MRD | Total | 11,639,000,000 MRD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:44:51, September 26, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Austrian Union | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2642 |
| Message | Theft? No. |
| Date | 07:49:52, September 26, 2008 CET | From | Ocean Submarine League of Progress | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2642 |
| Message | How is taxation theft? Citizens give to the government and government repays them with social services. Quid pro quo. |
| Date | 12:36:01, September 26, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2642 |
| Message | While we would usually agree, this screws the upper middle class. Why should they pay the same amount as the rich? |
| Date | 15:57:54, September 26, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2642 |
| Message | We strongly oppose, tax, used for anything other than the security of our people, is theft. |
| Date | 19:38:45, September 26, 2008 CET | From | Ocean Submarine League of Progress | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of August 2642 |
| Message | We would be open to changing the bracket. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 52 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 82 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 61 |
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