The Taxpayer (, , ) was a
political party in
Luxembourg. It contested the
1999 election to the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...
, but disbanded afterwards.
The Taxpayer was a middle-class party that campaigned for lower government expenditure, and more transparency in
government budget
A government budget is a document prepared by the government and/or other political entity presenting its anticipated tax revenues (Inheritance tax, income tax, corporation tax, import taxes) and proposed spending/expenditure (Healthcare, Educa ...
ary spending. In 1999, it contested only the
Centre constituency, in which it came eighth and last, with only 1.3% of the vote. This amounted to 0.4% nationwide.
A disproportionate number of these votes were cast for the leader
Jhemp Bertrand
Jean-Pierre "Jhemp" Bertrand (1921 – 1 July 2008) was a politician and activist in Luxembourg. He was a councillor in Schuttrange for 43 years, and was a perennial candidate.
A tax collector by profession, Bertrand became a tax resister. Be ...
,
a long-time councillor in
Schuttrange and
tax resister who had run under a number of other party names before.
Footnotes
Defunct political parties in Luxembourg
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