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Bill: Income tax proposal of January 2674
Details
Submitted by[?]: Blitzkrieg Party
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: September 2674
Description[?]:
| The Blitzkrieg Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to finance the earmarked spending from the budget, lest economic collapse be caused by stupidly excessive debt levels. |
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 |
| > 1 MRD | 1% | 38,601,000,000 MRD | Total | 38,601,000,000 MRD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:59:36, December 01, 2008 CET | From | Blitzkrieg Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of January 2674 |
| Message | The Budget must be financed. Otherwise it is logical that the government will cause economic collapse for excessive debt |
| Date | 16:19:06, December 01, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Austrian Union | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of January 2674 |
| Message | If you want to fund a bloated budget, at least use a sales tax, instead of robbery. Otherwise, join the thieves in prison, not in the Senate. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 163 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 60 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 42 |
| Random fact: RP laws follow the same passing rules as in-game variable laws. Laws that are not of a constitutional nature require a simple majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. Laws that are of a constitutional nature require a 2/3 majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. RP laws may be abolished a simple majority vote this applies to ANY RP law. |
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