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Bill: MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Old Guard Party (CГП)
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 2910
Description[?]:
| Upon the passage of this Act, the following proposals shall become law. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 47
Current: 10
Proposed: 45
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:05:45, March 18, 2010 CET | From |  Old Guard Party (CГП) | To | Debating the MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform |
| Message | We currently have a TRA 3.6 billion surplus. We propose to lower taxes and give this money back. We also wish to point out to the Opposition, that under the current sales tax scheme, the surplus rose from a minor 1 million to over 3 billion! The economy has truly grown under the Mashkov Reforms! |
| Date | 00:55:45, March 19, 2010 CET | From |  TSDRP | To | Debating the MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform |
| Message | Our party disagrees entirely with this proposal. This money should be invested into public schools to help our most deprived citizens, not put back into the pockets of those who buy luxury goods (I.E. those who can afford to do so) This proposal just demonstrates that the MGP is a party of the elite, for the elite. |
| Date | 02:14:03, March 19, 2010 CET | From | Old Guard Party (CГП) | To | Debating the MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform |
| Message | Well, luxury goods are products that are not necessary for survival; for example, automobiles, sticks of gum, and clothes. Likewise, the current national budget allocates 141,000,000,000 TRA, that's BILLION, to the education budget; and, since this this is on top of the local government's contribution given that they are the ones responsible for education! Also, if "luxury goods" are bought only by the elite, then they are the ones financing the entire budget! (There currently is only a small income tax.) |
| Date | 02:42:46, March 19, 2010 CET | From | TSDRP | To | Debating the MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform |
| Message | Well, though it is true that everyone buys 'luxury' goods, the elite have far more disposable income and so the vast majority of it will go on luxury goods. Compare this to Trigunia's poor who have to spend much of their income on the bare essentials of survival. So reducing taxation on luxury goods will be far more beneficial for the rich than for the poor. Though we concede that education is relatively well funded, this is only because of the complete lack of government investment in the environment. The MGP has done nothing to curb emissions and industrial waste. Will we, the second most economically powerful nation in the world (behind Kirlawa I believe) not take our share of the burden? How can we expect to fight climate change without proper action from our reactionary government? |
| Date | 03:09:18, March 19, 2010 CET | From | Old Guard Party (CГП) | To | Debating the MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform |
| Message | The Mashkov Reforms have attempted to eliminate emissions through the shutting down of Trigunia's old and inefficient industrial system; not through legislating to those systems. Currently, the nation is attempting to adapt its economy from an industrial-based to a knowledge-based one; there is no need to sanction such legislation. The best way to eliminate industrial emissions is to eliminate industry and replace it with something newer for today's economy. |
| Date | 03:09:34, March 19, 2010 CET | From | Old Guard Party (CГП) | To | Debating the MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform |
| Message | OOC: Are we really second only to Kirlawa? |
| Date | 13:54:14, March 19, 2010 CET | From | TSDRP | To | Debating the MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform |
| Message | OOC: We have the third strongest currency, and we have the fourth largest population. These factors combined with heavy sales tax (which actually adds to the GDP) means that our economy is the second strongest in the world. |
| Date | 00:45:18, March 20, 2010 CET | From | Old Guard Party (CГП) | To | Debating the MGP XXXV - Sales Tax Reform |
| Message | I knew we had a very strong currency ... but kick ass! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 125 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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