Should we introduce sales tax system?

Moderator: Kate
Panelists: Rie, Rachel, Amy, Anna, Alex


Rie: disagree
He disagree with this topic in terms of three points below:
1. the gap between low income family and high income family
2. coorpration tax is better
3. income tax is better


Rachel: disagree
She thinks low income family can't pay more tax. She warrys about them.


Amy: disagree
She think if we introduce sales tax in Apollon, Apollon people don't want to go shopping and it'll influent Apollon's economy. Also, she is a doctor and she have to buy expensive medical instrument, so she doesn't want to pay more much money.


Anna: agree
We had decided to hold some events like Sunflower festivel so the government need more money, so sales tax is good idea to gather money easily.


Alex: agree
Her sons are student so she hope the government help parents with educational expenses.


Question
Moderator: Rie said it is difficult for low income family to pay sales tax, what do you think, Anna?
Anna: Using reduced tax rete is good idea, I think.
Rachel: But it is difficult for clarks to find someone who get low income. How do we know who is the people?
Anna: The government shold investigate Apollon people's income, and the government can give them some papers or cards which proof the right of getting reduced tax rate.


Amy: I don't want to pay tax more.
Anna: We decided to hold some events in Apollon so the governmen need more money than now.
Rachel: But now, our main industry is tourism, and if we introduce sales tax, some tourists don't buy many products and our tourism will not improve.
Anna: Then, we can make some duty free shops.
Rachel: It is good idea!


Isabera: What kind of tax do we pay now?
Moderator and panelists: Now, we pay some taxs except for sales tax and income tax, for example residence tax.


Conclusion
We will introduce sales tax or income tax or both of them.


Final comment
I think this discussion was very good! Because the moderator could summarize the panelists' opinions very well and the panelists could spoke many times. They couldn't decide which is better, sales tax or income tax, but if they talk about the topic next time too, I'm sure they can get the conclusion concretely. Anyway, the discussion was very active and I want to follow them.