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Bill: Fairer Pricing Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union of Work-Shy Elements
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 2253
Description[?]:
| Despite being well intentioned, all unequal levels of sales tax does is to make it even harder for poorer consumers to buy better quality goods. This is unfair and should be stopped. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 50
Proposed: 5
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:55:07, July 08, 2006 CET | From | Kundrati Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Fairer Pricing Act |
| Message | Agreed. |
| Date | 02:45:35, July 09, 2006 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Fairer Pricing Act |
| Message | advocating a fair tax system aside, why should food have the same tax as a car? |
| Date | 02:54:01, July 09, 2006 CET | From | Kundrati Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Fairer Pricing Act |
| Message | Tax is proportional, = P 5% of $1 and 5% of 1,000 are alot different. |
| Date | 08:52:31, July 09, 2006 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Fairer Pricing Act |
| Message | and yet, it's sending the same message. |
| Date | 17:23:58, July 09, 2006 CET | From | Union of Work-Shy Elements | To | Debating the Fairer Pricing Act |
| Message | If 5% is too high then by all means propose a lower number. The important thing is that they are both equal, if not for fairness then just for practicality. It’s ludicrous to even attempt to classify every single product as being either essential or luxury. And as the KCP quite rightly stated, taxation is proportional. People will still pay more in tax for more expensive goods. |
| Date | 23:21:30, July 09, 2006 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Fairer Pricing Act |
| Message | Ok, compromise. Drop article 1 and we'll support the lowered tax for luxury goods. |
| Date | 12:00:38, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Alderdath Farsisi Profakaki Malfikek | To | Debating the Fairer Pricing Act |
| Message | Although we would rather see the dropping of article 1, we shall still support this act in the interests of seeing article 2 brought into law |
| Date | 15:00:18, July 12, 2006 CET | From | Union of Work-Shy Elements | To | Debating the Fairer Pricing Act |
| Message | Removed the first article. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 242 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 59 |
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