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Bill: Income tax proposal of November 2177
Details
Submitted by[?]: Shuggoth Progressive Party
Status[?]: passed
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: August 2178
Description[?]:
| The Shuggoth Progressive Party propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Holy Luthori Empire. |
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 |
| > 1 LPD | 10% | 5,643,000,000 LPD |
| > 1,000 LPD | 35% | 162,938,000,000 LPD | Total | 168,581,000,000 LPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:57:22, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of November 2177 |
| Message | This bill addresses the debate in the other tax bill, by attempting to implement a fixed percentage tax. However, the poorest citizens are still given a break. |
| Date | 23:24:52, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of November 2177 |
| Message | Having cut back healthcare and education costs shouldn't we be cutting taxes instead of raising them? We can't ask people to pay more for less, can we? |
| Date | 00:56:58, January 30, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of November 2177 |
| Message | We vote yes. Our current budget is 90 billion pounds. Our current taxes don't cover this. |
| Date | 02:57:14, January 30, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of November 2177 |
| Message | Long live tax and spend policies. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 399 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 351 |
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