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Bill: Anti-Greed
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tuesday Is Coming
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill proposes to change income taxes. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2162
Description[?]:
| Anti-Social, greedy behavior shall be punished. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 0
Current: 30
Proposed: 60
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may not seize private property.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for any reason.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 5
Current: 25
Proposed: 50
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 7
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 |
| > 1 LOD | 1% | 1,148,000,000 LOD |
| > 2,000 LOD | 10% | 2,774,000,000 LOD |
| > 2,500 LOD | 20% | 5,072,000,000 LOD |
| > 3,000 LOD | 30% | 6,872,000,000 LOD |
| > 3,500 LOD | 40% | 7,529,000,000 LOD |
| > 4,000 LOD | 50% | 4,167,000,000 LOD |
| > 4,250 LOD | 60% | 4,231,000,000 LOD |
| > 4,500 LOD | 70% | 4,062,000,000 LOD |
| > 4,750 LOD | 80% | 4,389,000,000 LOD |
| > 5,000 LOD | 90% | 8,826,000,000 LOD |
| > 5,500 LOD | 95% | 1,609,000,000 LOD |
| > 5,600 LOD | 96% | 2,392,000,000 LOD |
| > 5,750 LOD | 97% | 2,305,000,000 LOD |
| > 5,900 LOD | 98% | 1,469,000,000 LOD |
| > 6,000 LOD | 99% | 34,416,000,000 LOD | Total | 91,261,000,000 LOD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:36:45, December 26, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Anti-Greed |
| Message | I hope that the CNT/AFL will be able to support this. |
| Date | 07:40:27, December 26, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Anti-Greed |
| Message | Wait! This cant happen! |
| Date | 07:44:08, December 26, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Anti-Greed |
| Message | ((Give me back my flag! Bitch.)) |
| Date | 17:39:15, December 26, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Anti-Greed |
| Message | Well the eminent domain one is the only one we unenthusiastically disagree with, so supported. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 68 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 28 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 4 |
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