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Bill: Sales taxes
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Radical List
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: October 2714
Description[?]:
| It is economically illiterate to increase sales taxes in a recession, you're wanting to boost spending |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 8
Current: 25
Proposed: 1
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:08:37, February 19, 2009 CET | From |  Conservative Union | To | Debating the Sales taxes |
| Message | In a recession why would someone buy a TV? |
| Date | 00:00:31, February 20, 2009 CET | From | Alorian Populist Party (DemCoa) | To | Debating the Sales taxes |
| Message | Thats a good question, but its that kind of spending that people need to be making in order to get us out of it. The fact the people respond oppositey is why we need to do something like this, to set policy that counterattack \s the urge to not spend for consumer goods and encourage people to spend on consumer goods. However, on the flip side, while i support temporary limited defict spending to get us out of the recession, we already have huge deficits and therefore this may be to much. So while my party is conflicted, we ultimately must vote no. |
| Date | 02:18:04, February 20, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Sales taxes |
| Message | Taxes are going have to be raised. Deal with it. |
| Date | 11:11:15, February 20, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the Sales taxes |
| Message | Raising income tax on the rich would be preferable, flat taxes such as sales tax disproportionately affect the poor |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 190 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 503 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 57 |
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