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Bill: Education act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Worker's Party
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: January 3094
Description[?]:
| The Revolutionary Worker's Party feels that the following alterations are necessary to our education system. All should be treated as equals by the government, and as such, higher education should be free for all. We are considering raising taxes in order to be able to sustain this. Any suggestion on the amount and on which tax should be raised is appreciated. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 49
Current: 5
Proposed: 55
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government does not subsidize tuition, students must pay for higher education themselves. This does not include scholarship programs.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:52:41, March 19, 2011 CET | From | Christian Democratic Party | To | Debating the Education act |
| Message | We of the CDP were unaware of the stance of Article 2. While normally we in favor of deregulation, we could vote for this. As for Article 1, we cannot support this. While such a position existed under the monarchy, we don't think this can be approved with our current financial state without raising taxes further. If the articles were split up we would pass Article 2, but in the current state we shall vote against it. |
| Date | 00:14:14, March 20, 2011 CET | From | Revolutionary Worker's Party | To | Debating the Education act |
| Message | Very well, since you hold nearly half the parliament in terms of seats, we shall split the bill. |
| Date | 00:18:27, March 20, 2011 CET | From | Revolutionary Worker's Party | To | Debating the Education act |
| Message | OOC: There is a bug, or a cap to the tax on luxury goods, I can't raise it more than 50%. |
| Date | 02:54:35, March 20, 2011 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Education act |
| Message | I am still unsure of article 1, while our party has moved on from our extreme Communist days, we are still Socialist but I think 55% is a reasonable figure. I hope this shall get through. Any we will need a tax increase somewhere to compensate for the tuition subsidies. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 250 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 336 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 164 |
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