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Bill: Graduate Tax
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamon Social Democratic Party
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: July 2164
Description[?]:
| Higher education in Telamon has tuition subsidies for students from families classified as low-income or poor. The current system fails to take into account that higher education is a considerable investment which often brings great financial rewards for the educated. It also leaves some disincentives for students from poorer backgrounds as the tuition still to be paid after government subsidy may deter them from entering university, as they can not be certain that they shall be able to pay back even the nonsignificant debts that they accumulate during their studies. This leaves the human resources of Telamon suboptimally distributed in the education system (ie. wastes the talent of the poor). To further develop the current system we should introduce a system of graduate tax that would take into account both the income of the family of the student as well as his earnings after graduation. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:41:21, December 31, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Graduate Tax |
| Message | no, we have this thing called H.E.X and it is wrong. It is the same as your idea, and its bad man. IT restricts people, giving them another loan to pay off in their already debtfull lives |
| Date | 05:42:01, December 31, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Graduate Tax |
| Message | i still vote yes though, because its better than the current |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 151 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 76 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 28 |
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