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Bill: Income tax proposal of June 2327
Details
Submitted by[?]: Mutualist Party of Cildania
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: July 2328
Description[?]:
| The Mutualist Party of Cildania propose to adjust the government's income tax policy to better address the economic situation of the Cildanian Republic. |
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 |
| > 27,500 CDC | 14% | 139,430,000,000 CDC |
| > 82,500 CDC | 21% | 33,584,000,000 CDC | Total | 173,014,000,000 CDC |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:36:17, December 11, 2006 CET | From |  Socialists | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2327 |
| Message | I'll vote for this. |
| Date | 00:59:23, December 12, 2006 CET | From | One Cildania Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2327 |
| Message | Flat taxes are most effective. ECON 101. |
| Date | 04:08:30, December 12, 2006 CET | From | Mutualist Party of Cildania | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2327 |
| Message | Effective at what? |
| Date | 11:54:07, December 12, 2006 CET | From | One Cildania Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2327 |
| Message | Economically efficient of course. |
| Date | 12:59:39, December 12, 2006 CET | From | Mutualist Party of Cildania | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2327 |
| Message | Theres no 'of course' about it. A flat rate income tax system is only 'efficient' at shifting the taxation burden on to those least able to afford it. |
| Date | 21:29:56, December 12, 2006 CET | From | One Cildania Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of June 2327 |
| Message | And to those who receive the most benefit from government activities. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 134 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 230 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 61 |
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