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Bill: Luxury Tax Increase
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lutte Féministe de Libération
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: August 2174
Description[?]:
| Because of recent budget increases and tax cuts, we're now running a 3 billion RCR deficit. Deficits are unacceptable, so let's jack up the luxury tax. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 21
Current: 25
Proposed: 25
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:04:58, January 20, 2006 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase |
| Message | Against. |
| Date | 04:05:25, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase |
| Message | Higher sales tax will discourage people to buy things, and this will mean that our economy would weaken. |
| Date | 08:01:05, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Devout Ecologists Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase |
| Message | I fully agree with the Leftist People Party. Currently we are actually losing money! We are spending too much and not getting enough money to pay for our expenses. Why? Well, we changed spending and income through taxes and expenses. Now, to solve this we either decrease our expenses or increase our taxes. For what's it worth, I agree with increasing tax on luxury goods then, since we would not want to raise the tax for essential goods. Though, 3% is really low already for essential goods. Now, I am for not only this proposal, but perhaps it is an idea to increase the tax on corporations from the unlucky number 13, to 14%, or 15% aswell. We need to get money from somewhere, so we do not suffer from losses! Leftist People's Party, I comment you on your keen eye and the effort you did put into one of the ministeries you hold. |
| Date | 16:39:19, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase |
| Message | We've cut taxes too much in the past. In order to get ourselves out of this rut, we will need to increase taxes while still managing to encourage the public to buy Rildanor goods. I'm against THIS bill to raise luxury taxes...but I am for a tax increase. |
| Date | 20:34:26, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase |
| Message | Spending needs to be cut. The new finance minister (the DEP, if my cabinet proposal passes) should lower spending in some areas. |
| Date | 01:25:26, January 21, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Luxury Tax Increase |
| Message | I'm the current Finance Minister and I think spending decreases is definitely wrong. Raise taxes, like the Social Liberal Party said, to pay for the essential services we have. If our current coalition government holds, that's exactly what I intend to do. I think it's odd, too, that you picked the DEP as your Finance Minister. I think they side far more with us liberals and centrists when it comes to the importance of supporting essential government programs. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 365 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 135 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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