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Bill: Tax and spend :D
Details
Submitted by[?]: Seosavists Republican party
Status[?]: defeated
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 2183
Description[?]:
| To stimulate the economy we suggest the following tax adjustment, we propose lowering the corporation tax as this encourages forgien companies to invest in us and it allows corporations to reinvest their money, if they do not reinvest it and the owners spend the money it will come under the even higher luxury goods tax. This will also give us 4million extra which I want to spend on public healthcare! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 8
Current: 20
Proposed: 4
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely private.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 8
Current: 21
Proposed: 15
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:12:29, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | What do you all think? |
| Date | 21:17:26, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | Sounds good, but a luxury tax can not substitute a 50% reduction of the corporate profit tax and the creation of a public health care system. I don't think even a 100 luxury tax can provide enough money for that. |
| Date | 21:18:32, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | Oh, sorry... those values (8, 15 etc.) are absolute values or percents? |
| Date | 21:21:18, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | percents |
| Date | 21:21:50, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Seosavists Republican party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | Here's out current budget: http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/budget.php?nationid=11 |
| Date | 21:37:36, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | Your numbers seem to be right and the idea is in the God-inspired spirit of the free-market... Nevertheless, given the Dundorfian crisis, maybe we should focus, at least this year, on defense, rather than on health care - not that the Comservatives are militaristic, but we should defend ourselves and mankind against the scourge of Communism. Of course, its just an idea, we don't have yet any means to support it, it's just for you consideration. |
| Date | 21:48:36, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | Less tax good, more spend bad. We agree, now is not the time to be fiddling with the budget! |
| Date | 21:55:22, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | We agree with increasing indirect taxation but would do so to fund an income tax cut, not waste money creating an inefficient nanny state with an overbearing bureaucracy. |
| Date | 03:27:51, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | Long live the nanny state, as Jesus was the first socialist. |
| Date | 22:54:09, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | The more money our citizens give us, the more money we can spend to make Lutori the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. |
| Date | 05:57:42, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | The fewer immense spending programs we have, the more money the people can keep. The more money the people have, the more they can spend however they like, and grow the economy. |
| Date | 12:05:30, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | Capitalism is the scourge of nations. We must tax and spend to combat its evil. |
| Date | 02:53:44, February 10, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Tax and spend :D |
| Message | NO! Capitalism is good. HOWEVER, Capitalism meddling in important areas such as healthcare and defence is bad. There must be a great balancing act. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 210 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 435 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 105 |
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