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« on: May 03, 2007, 07:17:29 PM »

Repeal of the Sin Tax Bill

1. F.L. 11-6, National Sin Tax Act, is repealed.
2. Clause 2 of F.L. 15-5, Tax Increase Act, is repealed.



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« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2007, 02:58:54 AM »

Don't Sin Taxes serve as quite a great way to make revenue?

No
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Ebowed
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2007, 02:58:24 AM »

I support raising the sin tax even higher and cutting other taxes that cripple Atlasians.

The "sin" tax is just a tax on the poor.  Granted, that's probably a group of Atlasians you're happy to see crippled, so it's unnecessary to mention it.

How are we supposed to argue about this, anyway?  People come in and say, "It's a great source of revenue"?  Are you GM?  Do you even know anything about economics?  No, you don't.  Your positions are just parroted out of the latest Sean Hannity book or wherever you spent your time before finding this forum.

I will note, though, that during the original bill's debate the then-GM implied sin taxes were not a great source of revenue.
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2007, 04:49:59 PM »

We are voting on this amendment:
The text of section 1 is replaced with:

All taxes on alcohol and pornography are repealed.



Nay
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2007, 09:44:36 PM »

The amendment fails.
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Ebowed
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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2007, 05:50:09 AM »

We are voting on final passage

Repeal of the Sin Tax Bill

1. F.L. 11-6, National Sin Tax Act, is repealed.
2. Clause 2 of F.L. 15-5, Tax Increase Act, is repealed.



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Ebowed
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2007, 09:32:56 PM »

The bill has enough votes to fail.  Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.
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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2007, 09:19:48 PM »

With 4 ayes and 6 nays, the bill has failed.
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