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Bill: Essential Goods Tax Bill 4219
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationale Partei
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: June 4220
Description[?]:
| We must do this in order to battle our deficit. This will not affect the individual much! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 10
Proposed: 3
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:44:35, June 01, 2017 CET | From | Konservative Unionistische Partei | To | Debating the Essential Goods Tax Bill 4219 |
| Message | We support no raise in tax! We have an 8 billion RUPAN surplus, there is no need for this! Konstantin Buesing President of the Federal Republic of Narikaton & Darnussia |
| Date | 18:24:22, June 01, 2017 CET | From | Nationale Partei | To | Debating the Essential Goods Tax Bill 4219 |
| Message | An honest mistake, Herr Buesing. Apologies. Adler Eckstein NP Leader |
| Date | 18:33:51, June 01, 2017 CET | From | Nationale Partei | To | Debating the Essential Goods Tax Bill 4219 |
| Message | Still this will allow us to shuffle some more money into essential services like health. Adler Eckstein NP Leader |
| Date | 19:35:46, June 01, 2017 CET | From | Liberaldemokraten | To | Debating the Essential Goods Tax Bill 4219 |
| Message | Sure, while we're raising tax on necessities, let's tax the intake of air! *laughter from LD's bench* Verona Heidrich Foreign Minister and LD leader |
| Date | 21:56:40, June 01, 2017 CET | From | Sozialdemokratische Partei (SDP) | To | Debating the Essential Goods Tax Bill 4219 |
| Message | A sales tax is regressive but coupled with more progressive social policies a modest sales tax would circumvent tax avoidance and black markets, without putting too much of a strain on the poor and middle class. Someone earning money through illegal black markets can avoid the income tax (or part of it) but they cannot avoid the sales tax when they buy groceries, clothes, or other commodities. It's a very effective tax and should be implemented on the condition that we use the proceeds for social programs and education - not the military and war. Angela Schmidt SDP Leader |
| Date | 08:11:03, June 02, 2017 CET | From | Nationale Partei | To | Debating the Essential Goods Tax Bill 4219 |
| Message | We thank the SDP for their reasoned contribution. It is 3% -- the individual will feel nothing. Surely that is the heart of a socialist policy such as you might agree with? Only increasing tax for the wealthy will ultimately only decrease our tax revenue through avoidance. Adler Eckstein NP Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 83 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 263 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 91 |
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