{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/5934.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":5934,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"equality of tax percentages","background":null,"additional_details":"I petition the government to bring about legislation that sees all taxes levied be a percentage of an individual's earnings. E.g. at present, low eaners paying road tax pay 50% of a weekly wage to tax their cars. Council tax can be as much as 10% of yearly take home pay. If these percentages are deemed reasonable for a poor person to pay, surely, on the grounds of equality, they should also be reasonable for a more well off person to pay. Also, fines should be calculated as a percentage too. That way everyone is affected to the same degree.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":3,"created_at":"2011-08-06T14:37:52.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:39.388Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-15T11:19:37.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-15T11:19:37.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-06T14:37:52.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}