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Bill: Religion Tax Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy
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: February 2135
Description[?]:
| Religious institutions are compared to commercial companies equal. In general, their profits should be taxed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:15:52, October 31, 2005 CET | From | Herut Orthodoxy | To | Debating the Religion Tax Bill |
| Message | Hmm, so religions are not treated as a non-profit? Strange. |
| Date | 00:34:12, November 01, 2005 CET | From | Sojuz Ljudej (People's Union) | To | Debating the Religion Tax Bill |
| Message | Oppose |
| Date | 04:46:48, November 01, 2005 CET | From | People's Equality Party Of Trigunia | To | Debating the Religion Tax Bill |
| Message | Agree, religion is like any other instituition in Trigunia. |
| Date | 06:33:00, November 01, 2005 CET | From | Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy | To | Debating the Religion Tax Bill |
| Message | HO. Why not tax their profits. We see no reason to make an exception to the rule because they "sell" religious services. |
| Date | 16:26:33, November 01, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Religion Tax Bill |
| Message | We support this proposal |
| Date | 01:18:05, November 02, 2005 CET | From | Herut Orthodoxy | To | Debating the Religion Tax Bill |
| Message | What is considered a profit for a place that gets only donations? Unless they sell loads of... bibles, totem poles, or what? |
| Date | 01:58:04, November 02, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Religion Tax Bill |
| Message | Profit is the residue of income (donations, sales) less expenses (rent, salaries). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 238 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 317 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "No one today can afford to be innocent, or indulge himself in ignorance of contemporary governments, politics and social orders. The national polities of the modern world maintain their existence by deliberately fostered craving and fear: monstrous protection rackets. The 'free world' has become economically dependent on a fantastic system of stimulation of greed which cannot be fulfilled, sexual desire which cannot be satiated and hatred which has no outlet except against oneself, the persons one is supposed to love, or the revolutionary aspirations of pitiful, poverty-stricken marginal societies like Cuba or Vietnam. The conditions of the Cold War have turned all modern societies - communist included - into vicious distorters of man's true potential." - Gary Snyder |