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Bill: Income tax proposal of February 2289
Details
Submitted by[?]: Plutosyndicratic Capitalist Coalition
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change income taxes. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2289
Description[?]:
| The Plutosyndicratic Capitalist Coalition propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Pontesian Dynastic Commonwealth. |
Proposals
Article 1
We propose to alter income tax brackets to the following setup. Information about the current income tax system can be found here.
| Bracket | Tax | Estimated Revenue |
| > 15,000 PON | 4% | 39,245,000,000 PON |
| > 35,000 PON | 18% | 142,327,000,000 PON |
| > 80,000 PON | 25% | 84,972,000,000 PON | Total | 266,544,000,000 PON |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:38:26, September 25, 2006 CET | From |  One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of February 2289 |
| Message | This puts up taxes while we have been striving to lower taxes over the past 120 years. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 55 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 73 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government." - Ayn Rand |