I hope you will read my proposed spending plan for these tax cuts, including a rebate to the people themselves, who I think you will agree are better placed to spend this money than Government at any level. We will also boost the shipping industry and stimulate the economy as a whole while leaving a sum in future for prudence's sake.

This is a vastly more sensible measure than your across the board tax cuts which will hit many offices very hard and will result in massive job losses across the New Republic.

The gavrisom motion would be enacted through the currently existing Income Tax system. And individuals can give boosts to banks or businesses, they can invest in defense stocks, governmental bonds or agricultural futures... its known as the free market.

It does not make sense to pass a motion that will harm the budgets of say, the Science Committee, Monuments Committee, Education Department etc in order to compensate planets for a saving made in Defense.

Five hundred extra in everyones pockets would not go amiss!

Essentially you believe, Senator Fitzgerald, that Government can spend the money saved better than the individuals who paid the tax in the first place? This seems a very large divergance from your stand on individual rights in the past.

The other motion on the table (Tabled by President Gavrisom), is vastly more prudent, and also allows for the individual to benefit. We also highlight that the discretionary fund's use would be pending a vote of the Ruling Council, and would be primarily there to provide future rebates should no other pressing use be found for the money.

As such the Economics Council rules this motion to be Imprudent, and Urges the Senate to Vote against this motion, think about your people, and put some cash in their hands, rather than that of Planetary Government.

Following this advice I vote against this motion.

Perhaps you mis-understand my motion.

My motion is giving money directly to the people in the form of a rebate.

Your motion is giving money to their governments.

Giving money to the people is just. It is the people who have suffered under the war, it is the people who can best benefit from the fruits of peace, and I firmly believe it is the people who can best spend this, not government. If people do not wish to invest in Government bonds, perhaps that is a sign, Mr Fitzgerald, that they dissapprove of Government!

Another point failed to address is that the money rebated would mostly indeed be, from the Federal Income Tax, rather than planetary governments, so why would we give money, collected Federally back to Governments who did not even have anything to do with its collection instead of back to the people who sweated and worked to earn that money, and contributed it to their Federal Tax payment.

I feel you may have lost sight of this in the above. The Discretionary Fund would be under the full executive control of the Ruling Council, and as such if any head of the Economics Council wished to use it, he would have to present his plans to us. This would be a well organised and regulated matter, and as with all decisions would be open to a Senate hearing on its spending, should it be required.

Mr Fitzgerald, I will firmly stand by the people, for the people. I will not support a measure to increase Government spending at the expense of the People in the way you seem to be doing.

Tremaine Fowlkes,
Senator of Mowgle

In this act as planetary Governor I will have control over this huge sum, and I will be able to spend it, generously, I will distribute it proportionately to each landowner on Dantooine, meaning every being who owns his own land will of course

Jamie the Hutt appeared to have spent his share of this tax cut in advance, and was so dressed in an elegant aurodium necklace and headpiece valued at several million credits, of course this was the benefit of owning 99% of the land on Dantooine, meaning 99% of this tax cut would be sliding gently into the corpulent Hutt's own pocket. He began to laugh to himself gently "Hoooo Hoooo Hoooo" he said with pleasure as he slid the leg of a Mon Calamari into his greedy maw.

So in a way, your proposal could either be a bane or a burden to the people depending on the individual governments. Does your proposal account for such things? Are their any guidelines for which these governments can spend the funds? Or is it to be a free-for-all?

"Just because some worlds are corrupt *cough*Ryloth*cough*, some worlds, such as Dantooine can be trusted with their funds, and can be counted upon to reward their landowner with the money they deserve with this tax cut. Hoo Hoo Hoooo"

He was now painted from head to tail (except his belly) in paint made from gold powder, he sat shimmering beautifully as he spoke, he had really gone to town with spending his planet's tax cut money.

Cut taxes and distribute rebates to the citizens of the New Republic, but also the governments of individual worlds. This way, the people can spend credits to boost the economy or pay down individual debt. The government would also get additional funding to either pay off planetary deficit or fund education programs, build hospitals, or upgrade planetary defenses.

I know that it is not a complete proposal, but I am sure some sort of compromise could be reached if both you and President Gavrisom would be willing to consider working together to help the New Republic and the best interest of its citizens.

Hooo Hoooo Hooooo

"I would be quite willing to combine this bill with the Chief of State's, in the hopes of salvaging his bill which is, as I've said, very flawed. However, the Chief of State has not made this offer to me and, in fact, has been rather argumentative on the subject in contradiction to his usual style of compromise and mediation."