The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

[Associate Justice PiT]

     As I posted elsewhere in this thread, personal income tax revenue is $56.27 billion and corporate income tax revenue is $12.98 billion.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I will support the corporate tax cut right away, as well as the tax credit for hiring the disabled.

[Zanas]

     As I posted elsewhere in this thread, personal income tax revenue is $56.27 billion and corporate income tax revenue is $12.98 billion.

Thanks, I hadn't noted that down. I made the necessary adjustment directly into my original posts, and we'll still have a couple $billion to spend if needed.

I'll wait on the other Legislators to declare, and then tomorrow I'll be launching the votes.

[Dereich]

After looking more into the status of disabled workers, I think I could support the tax credit.

I will, of course, support the corporate tax cut.

[Zanas]

Well that's great news ! We now have a potential majority to pass the budget and the disabled employment incentive ! I'll still be letting a little more time for jerry and BaconKing to express their feelings and opinions on this, then we'll vote.

[JerryArkansas]

I will like to give my support to the bill.

[Zanas]

So we'll bring these to a vote. Here are the two final bills, the budget per se, and the disability employment incentive initiative.

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Please vote Yes, No, or Abstain on the following :

The IDS Budget 2013 :
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

The IDS Disability Employment Tax Credit Act
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

You have 48 hours.

[Zanas]

The IDS Budget 2013 :
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

The IDS Disability Employment Tax Credit Act
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

[JerryArkansas]

The IDS Budget 2013 :
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

The IDS Disability Employment Tax Credit Act
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[X] Abstain

[Dereich]

The IDS Budget 2013 :
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

The IDS Disability Employment Tax Credit Act
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

IDS Budget: Yes

Disability Act: Yes

[Zanas]

With a majority of four in favor, none against and no abstention, the IDS Budget of 2013 has passed.

With a majority of three in favor, none against and one abstention, the IDS Disability Employment Act has passed.

Awaiting signature or veto by the Emperor now.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I would like the tax cut to touch income taxes as well, but it's certainly a positive result, and particularly for regional businesses.



     On the IDS Budget of 2013: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT
     I am a little wary of us getting involved in issues of employment, though I think helping disabled people get jobs and reducing dependence on disability payments is a great result. Kudos to Zanas for analyzing the budget impact of the bill as well.



     On the IDS Disability Employment Act: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     So, next bill on the docket?

[JerryArkansas]

I would like to propose a bill which gives tax breaks to a business which moves to our area.  A one percent break will allow even more people to come to our region.

[Dereich]

I would like to propose a bill which gives tax breaks to a business which moves to our area.  A one percent break will allow even more people to come to our region.

Man, I wish you had brought this up when we were debating what to do with the surplus. But if we were to move forward with this at any point, I'd think that a cut per job (e.g. a $5000 a year tax credit per job) would be better then a blanket cut to any company bringing even one job.

[Zanas]

Well I welcome either of you to introduce this piece of legislation in the dedicated thread.

Now back to present business : we have the following bills that we should discuss, in this order of business. However, the five first need to be sponsored by a current Legislator to be brought to the floor of the House for discussion, since their original authors are no longer Legislators themselves.

Legislative docket :
-Parks We Can Be Proud Of Act : needs sponsoring
-Clean Power Act : needs sponsoring
-Congressional Elections Act : needs sponsoring
-Annexation of the states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas : needs sponsoring
-Abolition of Income Tax Act: Vetoed  : needs sponsoring
-BACON KING'S EMERGENCY FIXER-UPPER AMENDMENT!
-Clean Government Act
-The Official Snack of the IDS Act

Another thing : it seems that BaconKing's emergency fixer-upper amendment is actually a constitutional amendment, and I am not sure if you should be discussing it here or directly voting on it in the Voting Booth for all IDS citizens. Could the Emperor, or BaconKing if he even is still alive, clarify this point before we get to it ?

So anyway, here is the first bill we have :

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I have annexed the explanations given by SJoyceFla while introducing the bill. Anyone to sponsor it ? I have to gather more info on this before I can say if I am ready to or not.

[Dereich]

I hate to interrupt this era of good feelings we've been having, but I'm just announcing here that I've put forth new legislation to lower the minimum wage.

[Adam Griffin]

I hate to interrupt this era of good feelings we've been having, but I'm just announcing here that I've put forth new legislation to lower the minimum wage.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Where is it? Since I'll be leaving soon, once again, I want to do as much work as we can. But don't worry, I'll be back in a few months.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I find it funny that so many of the bills in the docket lost their sponsor.

     Anyway, amendments are passed by the Legislature and then voted on by The People.

[Dereich]

If nobody else wants to do it, I guess I can take over some/most of these. I certainly won't be able to argue for them as well as their original sponsors though.

[JerryArkansas]

I could take over a few of the bills if needed

[Zanas]

Well, while I welcome Velasco as a new Legislator in these walls, I hereby open discussion on the Parks We Can Be Proud Of Act. I won't repost it, it's just seven posts above this one.

Go on, discuss !

(On an unrelated note, what is the outcome if a vote on a bill is tied and everyone voted ? Is there some kind of tie-breaking reservation ?)

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I don't see enough point in this bill to justify the expenditure that it would entail, nor do I think that the federal government would be interested in relinquishing their ownership of the parks.