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Bill: Essential Goods Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Spiritualists' National Union
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 2287
Description[?]:
| Essential goods should not be taxed, because they are vital to the welfare of the people on the lowest incomes who need them the most. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 5
Current: 6
Proposed: 0
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:52:30, September 19, 2006 CET | From | Redneck Party | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | Only if this goes with a reduction in spending on Health and Social Services. |
| Date | 03:24:55, September 20, 2006 CET | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | We'll support this. |
| Date | 08:50:05, September 20, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | We cannot support a move away from consumption-based taxation. We could only support this measure alongside an equal reduction in income tax and the tax burden moved elsewhere. |
| Date | 11:02:56, September 20, 2006 CET | From | UniFication Party | To | Debating the Essential Goods Act |
| Message | We will only support this if our Luxury Goods bill is passed, as this would go some way to off setting the costs involved. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 45 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 43 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 12 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life brand names (eg. Coca Cola, McDonalds, Microsoft). However, in the case of military equipment brand names it is permitted to use simple number-letter combinations (eg. T-90 and F-22) borrowed from real life, and also simple generic names, like those of animals (eg. Leopard and Jaguar). |
| Random quote: "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Winston Churchill |