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Bill: VAT Proposal
Details
Submitted by[?]: Popular Democratic Party (UM)
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 2904
Description[?]:
| To help fund Hutori's debt |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 5
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:13:16, March 07, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the VAT Proposal |
| Message | Madam Speaker, increasing the prices of food would do nothing but aggravate property. Further more, this is not a value-added tax as the bill title implies, but a sales tax, which is quite different. |
| Date | 19:11:06, March 07, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the VAT Proposal |
| Message | Rt Hon Margaret Moore, Finance Secretary: Madam Speaker, perhaps the gentleman could explain the debt to which he refers. The budget is currently in slight surplus, meaning we do not have a deficit to pay back. The surplus also means that any pre-existing debt is gradually paid off. Madam Speaker, over the last 50-60 years, whatever one may think of the CLP, one thing we have always been extremely careful of is ensuring that the people of this country do not have to cope with government debt. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 105 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 210 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 76 |
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