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Bill: Goods and Services Tax Elimination Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamon Royalist Party
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: January 2290
Description[?]:
| The GST is a retrograde tax, one which preys on those people who need to purchase bread, water, housing, and the other essentials of life. Now, I hear my collegues in the Centre Party now, saying, "Well, we ALL purchase those items! The tax is equal!" And yes, it is. Therein lies the problem. Because if you need, say, 800 pounds to make it through the month, well, a five percent tax on your goods increases the amount of money you need to make it through the month to 840 pounds. Now, if you make several thousand pounds in a month, that's hardly noticeable. But what if you only make, say, 1000 pounds? Suddenly that extra 40 pounds a month in expences is MUCH more noticeable. Since there are other ways to make the money our nation needs to operate, say by raising taxes on luxury goods and corporations, the need for a GST is far outweighed by the damage it does to the nation. We say, begone, vile tax, and good riddance! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 5
Current: 7
Proposed: 0
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:13:28, September 25, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Goods and Services Tax Elimination Bill |
| Message | Support. Let's get this passed immediately. |
| Date | 22:38:21, September 25, 2006 CET | From | Páirtí Sóisialach | To | Debating the Goods and Services Tax Elimination Bill |
| Message | You could go for 1 per cent, you know. |
| Date | 03:28:46, September 26, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Goods and Services Tax Elimination Bill |
| Message | But that means that people still need to worry about this obnoxious life tax. Best to eliminate it completely. |
| Date | 10:11:26, September 26, 2006 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Goods and Services Tax Elimination Bill |
| Message | The UCA will support this tax reduction. We do not generally favour regressive taxes, particularly not on essential items and we would like to see a general tax decrease and so will support this |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 256 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 44 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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