Pacific Legislature Official Thread

[Marokai Backbeat]

My point is that if you're going to exempt something from sales taxes, it has to be because it's a special or important product, or it's disproportionately consumed by a certain group of people. There's no such exceptions for books, which makes the sales tax exemption rather out of place and pointless.

[Marokai Backbeat]

My point is that if you're going to exempt something from sales taxes, it has to be because it's a special or important product, or it's disproportionately consumed by a certain group of people. There's no such exceptions for books, which makes the sales tax exemption rather out of place and pointless.

I would consider books an educational material, possibly all publications could be. Therefore, I consider that a special item to be exempt. You may disagree but as it stands, I'd like to see that clause removed, or work together to find an alternative.

Perhaps, but surely we can come to some sort of compromise. Perhaps exempting them from sales taxes when they're used for educational purposes (day care organizations, schools, colleges, etc) similar to the way that food is exempted from sales taxes in certain states if they're bought for businesses.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Reintroduced with changes, since we have a new Governor now! Yay!

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[Marokai Backbeat]

There is absolutely no reason to not have a sales tax on books. None

Remove them if you want, but don't expect my vote on it.

[Marokai Backbeat]

We could look at lifting the exemption for religious organizations as a way of raising revenue instead.

Sales taxes are regressive, and while I don't mind some of the sales taxes we have on the books, I don't think expanding them is pertinent.

That's an interesting idea for replacing the book sales tax, although I still need no reason to keep it eliminated. You may as well eliminate the sales tax on CDs, video games, and comics. But in any case, I'm not sure how exactly we'd write that..

[Marokai Backbeat]

Bill Frist Act
1) All testing on non-human vertebrate animals is hereby banned in the Pacific Region.
2) Violation of this ban shall result in up to five years in prison and up to one million dollars in fines.

X Bgwah

x Marokai Blue

[Marokai Backbeat]

How could a tax on luxury goods be written?

[Marokai Backbeat]

Rather difficult vote for me to cast, but I have to agree with Ebowed's assessment..

Nay.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I would support a more restricted ban, but this one goes too far.

But I promise to take good care of my kitties in the mean time.

[Marokai Backbeat]

jean baptiste pierre antoine de monet



(pwned)

man i knew i left this region for a reason!

Easier to win elsewhere?

[Marokai Backbeat]

Getting back to taxes...

Pacific Deficit Reduction Act:

1. The income tax rate on the bracket created by the Income Tax Increase Act will be raised by 4.5%.
2. The income tax rate on incomes exceeding $300,000 will be raised by 2%.
3.The provisions in this Act shall take effect on the 15th of October.

(We could also consider raising the estate tax if this isn't enough)

If the first is lowered to 3.5% instead of 4.5% (that is a bit steep) then I could support it, although I still see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't tax books.

[Marokai Backbeat]

*Whistles*

[Marokai Backbeat]

I think y'all need to take 30 seconds to read the Pacific Constitution's legislature section. Signatures are required for a vote. You guys aren't even signing your own legislation.

The Governor can side-step those silly signature regulations simply by just bringing it up.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I'll sign it just to move it forward.

x Marokai Blue

[Marokai Backbeat]

Abolition of Life Imprisonment Without the Possibility of Parole Act
1. The possible sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is hereby abolished.
2. Statute outlining the sentence abolished above shall be amended to read "life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after twenty years."

x Ebowed

x Marokai Blue

But I decline to sign the other.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I'm just going to reintroduce this:

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Working on a proposal to distribute the money recently sliced up between the regions would be appropriate as well at some point.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Humane Farming Practices Bill: Abstain
Abolition of Life Imprisonment Without the Possibility of Parole Act: Aye

[Marokai Backbeat]

I'm just going to reintroduce this:

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Working on a proposal to distribute the money recently sliced up between the regions would be appropriate as well at some point.

Oh and:

x Marokai Blue

[Marokai Backbeat]

I'm just going to reintroduce this:

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x Marokai Blue

[Marokai Backbeat]

Pacific Deficit Reduction Act: Aye

[Marokai Backbeat]

The Pacific Deficit Reduction Act has passed 4-0.
X Governor Meeker

I want everyone's thoughts on moving the thread to the main board instead of here in the voting booth. Placing it here keeps it out of sight and out of mind for a lot of people and I think moving it could really help increase activity.

Oh absolutely, I've supported that for months.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Renaming of Jackson County Bill: x Marokai Blue

Legislature Amendment: x Marokai Blue

[Marokai Backbeat]

Renaming of Jackson County Bill: Aye
Legislature Amendment: Aye

[Marokai Backbeat]

I fear the minimum income would encourage unemployment and cost us a lot of money. I support the first, however.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Is the first constitutional under the Atlasian Constitution?

That, I'm afraid, is something I cannot comment on.