#6 Increasing Taxes

Panel Disucussion 6

Topic : Increasing Taxes 💰

Discussion members

・Peter Shawn / an owner of the furniture store

・Lily Carpenter / a tour Conductor

・Olivia Marlin / working at a supermarket

・Kevin Sky / a lawyer

・Lucy Flower / a pastry chef (Moderator)

Contents

<Peter＞

He agrees with the idea because by increasing taxes, various services will be provided to the people, and also good when we thinking from the perspective of the tourism industry.

<Kevin>

He agrees with the idea because the schools in Apollon are public, we need for them to keep the operations like the dormitory.

＜Olivia＞

She almost agrees with the idea. The tax increase is very effective in creating new services, but she doesn't think it's enough to increase it.

<Lily>

She disagree with this idea because she is worried about the number of tourists will decrease and the economy will decline after the tax increase.

<Ella>

She also disagrees with this idea because it is financially difficult for her and the household budget is difficult.

Questions between members

1. If people can't pay the highly tax, do they punish?（Ella)

→ Olivia answers that they would pay more as a fine if they have much money. But she know there are people who can't taxes. So we have to make a support system that help for poors.

2. Do you want to raise taxes on everything like internet shopping?（Lily）

→ Peter answer "Yes, I do."

3. For someone like me who can't afford to pay high taxes, give us a well-paid job.(Ella)

→ Olivia answers that we will provide them a seminar to get a skill for good job.

Questions from the audience

1. Apollon is a democracy, but you rely too much on the government. I think we should solve the problems ourselves. (Robert)

→ Peter answers that the government has a duty to support people.

2. I don't want to destroy my affluent life by raising taxes. The idea that we will increase taxes because we need money to make something new is not good. (Robert)

→ Kevin understands the idea, but the sales tax is necessary to keep our lives.

3. Do you want to need a support from the government, Mr. Ghosn?（Lily)

→ Ghosn answers that he needs some support. He don't pay any taxes anyway.

4. I want you to clarify why you are raising taxes.(Blood)

→ Olivia answers that we have to make various preparations for emergencies such as disasters, so we should raise taxes a little. Kevin also says that it is to eliminate the difference between rich and poor.

5. I hate cigarettes. I want you to raise the tax of buying cigarettes more to reduce the number of smokers.(Kaitlyn)

→ As long as there are smokers, we can't do that. we can take measures such as creating more smoking rooms by using tax. (Olivia)

Result

They can't reach the consensus.

My Opinion

I found it very difficult to reach a consensus on agendas related to money and politics. They should have learned more about how taxes work.