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Bill: Bourgeois Tax Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Alliance
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: June 2918
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 10
Current: 5
Proposed: 20
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 25
Proposed: 17
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 22:47:39, April 03, 2010 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Bourgeois Tax Act |
Message | What are defined as luxury goods? |
Date | 22:58:43, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Bourgeois Tax Act |
Message | Designer gear (clothing etc), very expensive items |
Date | 23:00:44, April 03, 2010 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Bourgeois Tax Act |
Message | We support 1. article 2 were not sure if we want it 17 maybe somewhere between 10 and 17 |
Date | 23:12:48, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Bourgeois Tax Act |
Message | Going as high as 17 allows us to keep non-luxury goods at 0 |
Date | 23:20:22, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Democratic Centrist Party | To | Debating the Bourgeois Tax Act |
Message | Why are we raising taxes when there already is a surplus of roughly 131 bilion ALOs? |
Date | 23:38:08, April 03, 2010 CET | From | Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Bourgeois Tax Act |
Message | so we can cut taxes for the poorest |
Date | 00:11:53, April 04, 2010 CET | From | Democratic Centrist Party | To | Debating the Bourgeois Tax Act |
Message | But even with the new tax cuts, we still have a surplus of about 104 bilion. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||
yes |
Total Seats: 74 | ||
no |
Total Seats: 307 | ||
abstain | Total Seats: 76 |
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