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Bill: Income tax proposal of December 2346
Details
Submitted by[?]: Spiritualists' National Union
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: August 2347
Description[?]:
| Our tax proposal will shift the burden of taxation from middle-income earners to high-income earners, whilst increasing our overall tax revenues by a small amount which will bridge the current budget deficit. |
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 |
| > 5,000 LPD | 30% | 46,685,000,000 LPD |
| > 10,000 LPD | 37% | 34,226,000,000 LPD | Total | 80,911,000,000 LPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:59:17, January 19, 2007 CET | From | Redneck Party | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2346 |
| Message | There should be a 5% flat tax, with spending cuts to go with it, not this theft. |
| Date | 20:41:34, January 19, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2346 |
| Message | I hope you have a mask and a pair of antique duelling pistols - to dress as anything other than a highwayman would be simply dishonest! |
| Date | 21:56:24, January 19, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Justicial Party - Solidarity | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2346 |
| Message | Sir, that was uncalled for. |
| Date | 00:56:29, January 20, 2007 CET | From | Spiritualists' National Union | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2346 |
| Message | This is not "theft", this is social justice! |
| Date | 13:41:37, January 20, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Income tax proposal of December 2346 |
| Message | Sir, at least Dick Turpin did wear a mask. We hung him and we should hang everyone who votes for this daylight robbery! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 42 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 37 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 21 |
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