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Bill: Balanced Tax Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pan-Quanzarian Conservative Union
Status[?]: passed
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: December 2741
Description[?]:
| 1. We could use the extra money. 2. Why would our citizen's tax money be going to prisoners who committed crimes against our constitution, and yet still get paid, while other people out there can't find employment, and don't get paid, yet don't do anything wrong? |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Current: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Proposed: The nation allows for imports, but imposes tariffs and quotas in certain areas.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners are interned and do not work in prisons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:20:21, April 15, 2009 CET | From | Catholic Action | To | Debating the Balanced Tax Bill |
| Message | We need a positive attitude towards rehabilitating prisoners. The wages they receive for prison work is very small, and some of it may be used to help compensate victims. Ted Steele (Chairman of Catholic Action) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 61 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 14 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin." - Charles Darwin |