Should we introduce sales tax system?

Moderator: Kate
Panellist: Rie, Rachel, Amy, Anna, and Alex

Rie(disagree): He has three reasons. It may make the gap between rich and poor. Corporation tax is better. Income tax is better.
Rachel(disagree): The system is hard for the poor.
Amy(disagree): She is a doctor. She have to buy medical things, and they are expensive. She don't want to pay much money.
Anna(agree): To hold Sunflower festival, government need money. Sales tax is easy way to get money.
Alex(agree): She has a son. She have to buy text books for him. It costs much money. If we introduce sales tax system, text books supplied by government.

Rie→Alex: Education fee is not construct of sakes tax, we have to save money for it.
Alex: Not all of them.
Alex: What will you do when you have accident? It costs much money.
Rie: We should save money for it.
Kate→Anna: What do you think about the poor?
Anna: Introduce reduced tax for the poor.
Rachel: She thinks it is difficult for the poor.
Rie: Sales tac is unfare.
Anna: Do you think income tax is fare?
Rie: Yes, almost fare.
Anna: She think sales tax is better than incom tax for government.
Amy: Our income will not increase, so she doesn't want to pay moremoney than now.
Anna: Government need to gather money for national, citizens must pay.
Rachel→Anna: If we introduce sales tax, tourists become decrease.
Anna: We can make tax free system or shop for toourists.

Isabela: She is a student. What tax is in Apollon now?
 →Except income and sales tax.
Lucus: We should make the percentage of tax rate.
 →3%
Carol: What do you think about Rachels opinion?
Anna: Government research and give paper for lower income people.

Rachel: Another opinion. If we introduce the system, some people in Apollon leave here.
Anna: Citizens have to pay on their own decision.
Alex→Rie: She think income tax is unfare for the rich.
Rie: It depends on their income, so it comes to fare.

Concensus
They can't decide. We should choose one or both of them. Today, they decide the tax rate is 3%. We should have opportunity to decide that we use sales tax system or not.

Comment
Their topic is good and we have to consider about it. Their discussion is almost clear, however sometimes I can't understand what they said.

Let's make point-system in Apollon.

Moderator: Belle
Pannelist: Angelina, Jack, Tama, Mac, and Laura

1. How can we collect points?
Jack: Tour guide volunteer.
Tama: Volunteer who working for Sunflower festival as a stuff. We should give points.
Mac: The fwstival is held once a year, so it's not enough chance.
Tama: The festival is big, so can get big point, it doesn't matter.
Mac: He wants to give points to someone who buy food made in Apollon.
Jack: He wants to give points to someone who participating in photo contest of Sunflower festival.
Tama: How much points?
Jack: Everyone can get same points.
Angelina: She wants to give points to someone who trash garbage with classifying.

Allie: Can we use the point as a money?→Yes.
Carol: She thinks it is easy to get money.
Robert: How can we use?→Jack: For example, public utility, bus fee.
Anna: The points we can get are depend on things?→Yes.
Sophie: Why the photocontest people can get points?→Jack: He wants many people participate in.

2. Where can we use them?
Jack: As he said before, we can use the points to public cost, ex)electlicity, gas, water
Mac: Points can be use in shopping center, because we often use money on shopping.
Jack: This point is controlled by government, so it is difficult to controlled by shops.
Mac: Recently, shops use some original point system, so they can install the point system.
Angelina: It is not good for amusement, so we can use them for only public utility. We can get points by doing good things.
Laura: Using for hobby or amusement is good, because it makes many people want to get point.
Jack: Both or Only?→Both.

Robert: Do we up taxesonly to make the point system?
Ashley: How much money equal 1 point?→1point = 1apollon
Allie: Who can use the point? Can children use?→Yes.
Allie: She thinks children can't use the points for public service.
Tama: They can use them with their family.
Robert: You mean, the point is for people who lose job?
Hanna: She thinks maney can't be helped, so let's think another way. For example, we can change the points to consumer electronics.

Concensus

Comment: Their topic was different from the topic we had discussed before, so they could say many opinions not only say agree or disagree. I think it was good. However, they showed their irritation during the discussion, and it made audiences say their opinion negatively. All people who become moderator or panellists should be careful about it.

We should make a national holiday, Sunflower Day

Moderator: Lucus
Panellist: Finnian, Kofy, Allie, Carol, and Hannna

Information
Now, there is no national holiday.

Finnian(agree): She want to hold event on Sunflower Day to make more tourists come.
Kofy(agree): Citizens should  be aware of symbol of Apollon.
Allie(agree): Sunfower festival makes Apollon's people closer. It's like a thanks giving day.
Carol(disagree): To hold event, we need money, place, and people. She worried about that students don't have to go to school on the day.
Hanna(disagree): She thought usiing Sunflower is good,but we don't need to make sunflower's day. Young people aren't interested in sunflower. We should make  other idea, for example, make another plant.

Lucus→Agree: What do you think about Carol's idea?
 Kofy: She don't think it is serious problem. We can earn money from the event more than it's cost.
Carol: Who prepare the cost?
 Finnian: She want to be full of Sunflower in Apollon. It doesn't cost so much money.
Lucus: What do you do?
 Finnian: Sunflower fields, sell cosmetics using sunflower, and hold a photogragh contest.
Carol: Where do we make sunflower fields?
 Finnian: In forest. If we do so, tourist can see not only sunflower, but also rare plants.
Carol: Who hold the festival?
 Finnian: She doesn't think so much, but she want to join the event positively.

Kofy→Hanna: You said vesitables are better, why do you think so?
 Hanna: Forest is the place for rare plants, sunflower is not rare. Vesitables can save our life, but sunflower can't. Even if we held the festival, enough people don't come.
Finnian: First, it is difficult, but in the future, people come.

Belle: What is definition of Sunflower Day?
 Allie: Students don't have to go to school, but companies depend on each.

Rachel: Why do you think we need national holiday?
 Allie: Hanna said young people tend to forget sunflower is our symbol, so we want to make the day to remember our symbol.

Sara: What do you think about term?
 Finnian: Festival is only the day, but you can see sunflowers in all summer season.

Carol→disagree: What do you think about children don't have to go to school on the day?
 Finnian: Sunflower day is very special day.
 Kofy: She agrees with Carol's idea, so we set the day on Saturday or Sunday.
Lucus→Carol: If we make the day on Sat. or Sun. , you agree with the national day?
 Carol: Yes, but what we do on the day?
Finnian: She wants to do various things on the day.

Lucus: Next, we willl talk about what can we do on the day.

Hanna: Holding festival is a big challenge. How can we please to sunflower?
Finnian: Sunflower is symbolic of Apollon, even if young people aren't interested in it, they should know about it.

Emily: If it held on Sut. or Sun., we don't need the national holiday.
 Hanna: The day like a Mother's day or Father's day in Japan. Some people stay as usual, but some people do event.

Sophie: Only sunflower festival?→Yes.

Lucus: Let's talk about the contents of the festival.
Finnian: As she said first, she want to sell some products.
Kofy: Use Internet to invite more tourists.
Carol: She agree with make a national day, but she doesn't agree with hold festival on the day. Holding festival needs money and places.
Lucus→Carol: What do you think most serious problem?
 Carol: Photo contest is good, because it doesn't cost so much.
Finnian: We can make oil from sunflower's seeds, and sell it. We also make zinx.
Kofy: Young people like zinx, so they become interested in our symbol.

Sara: Nobody knows the day, so it is good opportunity to sell items usng the day.

Robert: People go shopping on holiday. Monday is not big lost for students.
Carol: She wants to make school day instead of the day.
Hanna: If we make holiday suddenly, people may confused.
Finnian: National day is special day, so people never forget the day.
Hanna: First, we set on the day on Sat. or Sun. When the day become popular, we put the day on Monday.

Consensus: We make Sunflower day on last Saturday in July, and hold festival on the day.

Comment
This topic was light, so it was easy to understand. However I sometimes couldn't understand what they want to talk about. So I think it is important to make definition of some words when we discuss about some thing.

Do we associate with other countries?

Moderator: Emily
Panellist: Sara, Lucy, Ashley, Sophie,and Isabela

Lucy(agree): We can import things from.other country, and also have opportunity to know other countries.
Ashley(agree): We can help each other, for example, when a big disaster happen in Apollon, other countries can come to rescue us. We can introduce other's good point.
Sara(agree): She wants many people  to enjoy her photographs. If we associate with other countries, we can share her works in  many countries.
Sophie(disagree): We can live without association now.　If we associate with other countries, some problems maight happen. She is an entertainer, so she can introduce Apollon to other countries.
Isabela(disagree): She worries about war, she doesn't want to help other countries. She also worries about our culture disappearing.

Emily→Lucy: What do you think about our culture?
 Answer: She doesn't think that our culture disappear completely.
Sophie→Sara: You can show your picture to other countries through the Internet.
 Answer: Sara thinks Internet is one of the good way to share her photographs, but she think real touch is important for her works.

Lucus: What do you think about the advantages  for other countries?
 Answer: We can teach our high technology.

Lucy: Tourism is unstable. If we associate with others, we can introduce foreign companies.
Isabela: We can focus on other business.
Sophie: We have better to hold originary event. It may fun for visitors.

Concensus: We should associate with other countries to develope our tourism and econmics.

Comment: I think we should disscuss more understandable for audience. Most of the audiences couldn't understand what we talked about. I try to do better than this time in our next discussion.

Should the elementary school students have their own celephones?

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

Amy(agree): Celephone has a burglar alarm, so we can prevent crime happening. We teach our children collect way to use cellphone.
Alex(agree):She is double income family.  Cellphone has GPS function, so she wants her son have cellphone. Her son can contact with her in case of emergency.
Rie(disagree): Children may lose much time to use cellphone, and they don't play outside. It will be cause of unhealthy.
Kate(disagree): Children have a lot of things to learn, so cellphone is obstuction.
Rachel(disagree): Cellphone is interest thing, so children may enter dangerous site.

Anna→Alex: Don't you have worry about dangerous website?
 Answer: She block dangerous site.
Rachel→Alex: Children have risk of swinde.
 Answer: She thaches her son how to use cellphone collectly. In case of double income family, their son may become alone. If disaster happened or being kidnapped, celllphone would be useful.
Alex→disagree side: In the case of emergency, how children do without cellphone.
 Answer: They cancontact with their parents in other way.
Alex→Rie: When the accident happen, what can they do?
 Answer: They have own power.
Kate: Relatives can help children when they are in dangerous.
Rachel: Cellphone need a lot of money, parents have to pay the cost. She wants to use money for really want thing than cellphone.  
Amy: Children are more importnt than money.
Rachel: She agree with Amy, but she would like to pay money for them. For example, studying and spirts.

Sara: She thinks it depends on family.

Kate: Children may play game by using cellphone, children should use time more effectively.
Amy: Make family rules, for example, use it only in school.
Rachel: Cellphone is fascinating item, so they can't concentrate on their class.
Alex: iPhone is attractive, but only have contact tool, GPS, and a burglar alarm.
Kate: It is not cellphone. It's safety instrument.

Sophie: Do you want to make a law?
 Answer: We want to make rule.

Robert: Will or should?
 Answer: It is difficult to judge, so we should make rule when they use cellphone.

Conclusion
We should make a famy rule depends on the situation.