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Bill: Goods and Services Tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Patriots' League
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: September 2811
Description[?]:
| The long standing LPL doctorine of a 10% GST returns. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 10
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 0
Current: 3
Proposed: 10
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:44:30, September 01, 2009 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Goods and Services Tax |
| Message | If it was JUST tax on luxuries, SPoK would support the bill. |
| Date | 22:44:04, September 01, 2009 CET | From | Kalistan Liberal Party | To | Debating the Goods and Services Tax |
| Message | We support this in the hope lower income taxes will result. |
| Date | 14:55:02, September 02, 2009 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Goods and Services Tax |
| Message | We need income tax which is progressive (more burden on the top). Sales tax is inherently regressive (more burden on the bottom). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 200 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 256 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 294 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: Time and again, the police prove themselves to be the Class Enemy, an armed mob used to oppress the masses and maintain the wealthy in their privileges. ~Friedrich Pfeiffer, General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |