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Bill: A move to a fairer system
Details
Submitted by[?]: Verititas Splendor Party
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: October 2826
Description[?]:
| Reduction of income tax and a balancing of sales tax, the overall product is a drop of $200 bil dollars of taxation. People will have to work out and do some power lifting in order to carry these heavier wallets. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 2
Current: 10
Proposed: 4
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:58:56, September 30, 2009 CET | From |  One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the A move to a fairer system |
| Message | A further proposal to increase the tax burden on the population - Tosh, Tosh, Tosh! |
| Date | 05:50:30, October 01, 2009 CET | From | Verititas Splendor Party | To | Debating the A move to a fairer system |
| Message | The VSP would like to highlight the gross gain of over 200 billion PON to the taxpayers from the cut to income tax. A form of taxation which will hopefully be removed altogether. |
| Date | 05:56:48, October 01, 2009 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the A move to a fairer system |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We support the measure as a whole. The cost of government is not what it taxes, but what it spends. Yield. |
| Date | 08:12:32, October 01, 2009 CET | From | Nrzi Prta (Democratic Party) | To | Debating the A move to a fairer system |
| Message | A disgusting proposal to push the burden of tax to the low-income population. |
| Date | 18:58:05, October 01, 2009 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the A move to a fairer system |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This bill enforces the equality of the market. It is fair to all. The poor should not be propped up by the gov't... to do so is THEFT from those who are productive. Yield. |
| Date | 03:40:50, October 02, 2009 CET | From | Democrap Party | To | Debating the A move to a fairer system |
| Message | Poor is as poor does. Why move up a tax bracket if the government is just going to take more of your money? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 410 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 291 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 49 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire" - Voltaire |