TPTTAA - Most important issue

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Forum affairs, I suppose. Those have been the exclusive focus of my major works as Emperor, after all.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Forum affairs, I suppose. Those have been the exclusive focus of my major works as Emperor, after all.

I would say that would qualify more as economics.

     The budget does, but I also have taken an interest in making the law more streamlined & useable.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Economics. We must bring down our deficit and create a surplus either in the Tmth administration or the next.

A surplus is not that important - bringing down the deficit the THE most important issue

A surplus would be nice.

     Eh, my problem with a surplus is that it means we are taxing our citizens more heavily than we have to in order to pay for all of the government expenditures. It might be a good idea to keep in mind for when the economy is stronger, but for now I think we should just try to break even.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Economics. We must bring down our deficit and create a surplus either in the Tmth administration or the next.

A surplus is not that important - bringing down the deficit the THE most important issue

A surplus would be nice.

     Eh, my problem with a surplus is that it means we are taxing our citizens more heavily than we have to in order to pay for all of the government expenditures. It might be a good idea to keep in mind for when the economy is stronger, but for now I think we should just try to break even.

By surplus I mean cutting programs that aren't necessary and having money left over from our budget.

     I think I was referring to that as well. My point is that it should be possible to come very near to having spending = revenue (have neither a deficit nor a surplus), & probably the more desirable course of action at this time. Having spending < revenue means having an excessive tax rate.