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Bill: Tax Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: League of Christian Socialists
Status[?]: defeated
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: April 2674
Description[?]:
| Taxation should be shifted away from essential goods like food and clothing, and towards luxury goods which are not essential to the preservation of a basic standard of living. Derek O'Reilly (Minister of Finance) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 2
Current: 5
Proposed: 0
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 8
Proposed: 25
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:24:23, November 30, 2008 CET | From |  Zardugali Monarchist Consortium | To | Debating the Tax Reform Act |
| Message | Can Mr. O'Reilly not lower the tax increase on luxury goods? "Man cannot live on bread alone". |
| Date | 20:28:50, November 30, 2008 CET | From | League of Christian Socialists | To | Debating the Tax Reform Act |
| Message | Taxes should be placed on the inessentials the rich consume, not the bread and clothing of the poor. Damian O'Reilly (Minister of Finance) |
| Date | 16:24:05, December 01, 2008 CET | From | Zardugali Monarchist Consortium | To | Debating the Tax Reform Act |
| Message | We support the the League's proposal to reduce tax on general goods, but not on the increase on luxury goods. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 99 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 501 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." - John Maynard Keynes |