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Bill: flat income tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Zardugal's centrists
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change income taxes. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2151
Description[?]:
| it's simple it's fare we have to stop punishing people just for being more successful than others... (and it’s also more profitable to the state than the pervious one...) |
Proposals
Article 1
We propose to alter income tax brackets to the following setup. Information about the current income tax system can be found here.
| Bracket | Tax | Estimated Revenue |
| > 4,000 ZAR | 25% | 679,162,000,000 ZAR | Total | 679,162,000,000 ZAR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:28:04, December 05, 2005 CET | From |  Zardugal's centrists | To | Debating the flat income tax |
| Message | no comments yet? you are begining to scare me... :P i'm sending this for voting... |
| Date | 21:15:53, December 05, 2005 CET | From | Republican Party of Zardugal | To | Debating the flat income tax |
| Message | Flat income taxes never work. They may seem like a good idea but no right-minded country uses them. The reason is simple. The rich pay much less proportionally in taxes and the poor pay more. This will put a huge damper on our economy, increase public debt, and in the long run cost the government way too much in public welfare. I beseech all parties to vote NO on this bill and kill it immediately if you care about our nation's welfare. |
| Date | 01:09:58, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Republic Party | To | Debating the flat income tax |
| Message | we have a surplus there is no need for taxes |
| Date | 12:00:06, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Labor Party | To | Debating the flat income tax |
| Message | I agreed with the Republican Party. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 100 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 298 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 103 |
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