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Bill: Income tax proposal of October 2667
Details
Submitted by[?]: Confederacy of Social Darwinists
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: June 2668
Description[?]:
| The Confederacy of Social Darwinists propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the United Realms of Zardugal. |
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 |
| > 5,500 ZAR | 4% | 10,338,000,000 ZAR |
| > 10,000 ZAR | 4% | 22,972,000,000 ZAR |
| > 20,000 ZAR | 4% | 23,333,000,000 ZAR |
| > 32,000 ZAR | 4% | 41,283,000,000 ZAR |
| > 100,000 ZAR | 4% | 4,439,000,000 ZAR |
| > 130,000 ZAR | 3% | 1,798,000,000 ZAR |
| > 170,000 ZAR | 2% | 281,000,000 ZAR | Total | 104,444,000,000 ZAR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:47:05, November 19, 2008 CET | From |  Pro People Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2667 |
| Message | This is even lower taxes than when i did the slight raise.. all of our government services are going to be under funded. |
| Date | 03:54:04, November 19, 2008 CET | From | Confederacy of Social Darwinists | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2667 |
| Message | "Let private groups handle it. Do not assume that the government can do things more efficently then a person who actively wants to advance in this world." -Stronky |
| Date | 04:03:04, November 19, 2008 CET | From | Pro People Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2667 |
| Message | If thats the case then why dont we cut taxes 100% and spending 100%? see how that works out. |
| Date | 04:19:52, November 19, 2008 CET | From | Confederacy of Social Darwinists | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2667 |
| Message | "Because then our defense budget will go down the drain." -Stronky |
| Date | 04:34:15, November 19, 2008 CET | From | Pro People Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2667 |
| Message | perhaps we should put this bill on hold until we can come to a consensus on a spending budget? |
| Date | 20:02:26, November 19, 2008 CET | From | League of Christian Socialists | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of October 2667 |
| Message | This Bill will do nothing for anyone but the super-rich. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 367 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 233 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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