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Bill: Taxation plan: Trying again
Details
Submitted by[?]: International Society of Bankers
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: June 2150
Description[?]:
| For the good of Lodamun... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 5
Proposed: 5
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 0
Current: 25
Proposed: 5
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:57:40, December 02, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | Strongly opposed to regressive taxes on essential goods. |
| Date | 04:29:43, December 02, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | Supported, though the taxation level might be a bit too high |
| Date | 04:29:52, December 02, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | More than is needed, that is |
| Date | 04:40:20, December 02, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | Would you mind it being 3% essential and 5% luxury then? |
| Date | 04:46:55, December 02, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | Well, the only reason we object to a 2 level sales tax is because it opens the door for everyone to want their product classified as "essential". That, and the rich spend more of their income on "essential" goods, such as food, housing, and clothing, than the poor do anyway, so it defeats the purpose. Allowing the government to apply bias in the taxation rates is what we oppose. |
| Date | 05:25:15, December 02, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | Still though, it would make it easier on the lower class, allowing them to climb the economic ladder faster. |
| Date | 05:49:31, December 02, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | The lower class needs cars too, the lower class needs other "luxury" goods just as much as anyone else. If you want to exempt everything the "lower class" needs, you'll end up with the only luxury goods being charter jets and caviar. |
| Date | 08:45:10, December 02, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | But such basics as food are necessary and should be exempt from such high taxes. I understand what you are trying to say but it clearly defices essential goods, food and basic clothing. |
| Date | 09:21:28, December 02, 2005 CET | From | Slaytanic Wehrmacht | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | taxes are the root of all evil. |
| Date | 04:41:17, December 03, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | We urge the DSPL to vote against taxes on essential goods - they go against everything leftists stand for. |
| Date | 10:55:29, December 03, 2005 CET | From | Slaytanic Wehrmacht | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | Aaahh what happened to lodamun?? Now the capitalists are introducing taxes... |
| Date | 05:28:18, December 04, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Taxation plan: Trying again |
| Message | The Ministries of Truth and the MInistry of Love costs money... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 187 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 65 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 48 |
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