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Bill: Market Regulations & Taxation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Unitas
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: November 3938
Description[?]:
| Market Regulations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 10
Current: 0
Proposed: 0
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 25
Current: 30
Proposed: 22
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government discriminates against minorities in its hiring.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:25:47, November 14, 2015 CET | From | Factio Laboris | To | Debating the Market Regulations & Taxation |
| Message | We support articles 1 and 2 but not article 3 |
| Date | 16:08:25, November 14, 2015 CET | From | Factio Liberalis | To | Debating the Market Regulations & Taxation |
| Message | We support Articles 2 and 3, but believe non-luxury tax should be set to 0 |
| Date | 18:45:55, November 14, 2015 CET | From | Factio Laboris | To | Debating the Market Regulations & Taxation |
| Message | Sadly because of article 3 remaining, we cannot vote in favour in all good faith. |
| Date | 19:03:15, November 15, 2015 CET | From | Factio Hosia | To | Debating the Market Regulations & Taxation |
| Message | Senators, The tax on non-luxury goods hits the poorest the hardest, and is impossible to justify in a situation like the present one, when we have a massive budget surplus. Tycho Pertinax (Chairman of the Factio Hosia) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 424 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 226 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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