Lon Tendree listened to the proposal put forward by the President of the ISC and thought about its ramifications. It was no secret that many in the Galactic Senate viewed the ISC with completely unwarranted suspicion, and the Senator could certainly understand why they would not want to subject themselves to further restrictions from governments that had treated them with questionable fairness.
Despite being a member of the Republic, he had often discovered that his own homeworld kicked against the goad of the restrictions placed on it. How much less did they want multiple more external bodies placing restrictions upon them? Sometimes you had to put up with it in order to survive, but there was no reason to add more or go quietly into regulations.
Regulations on businesses are often done with good intention but seldom with the outcome intended, he said.
I think we can all recognize that each of the groups here has not only a broad composition, but also different needs from one another. To make single legislation that will be beneficial to every planet is difficult enough for the individual groups here let alone singular legislation for the majority of the explored galaxy, he said.
I must agree with President Thorne that the most recent legislation hurt business throughout the Core, and not because they were selling arms to the Sith as many "business amateurs" have asserted, but because the additional paperwork and inspections to prove innocence have severely slowed production and export, he continued, subtly - or not so subtly - poking at those who assumed that "drop in stocks" after the legislation meant "they must have been selling to the Empire." If he had a credit for every time he'd heard someone assert that he could have retired.
It is for this reason that Cato Neimoidia must support the proposition put forward by President Thorne, he said.
Despite being a member of the Republic, he had often discovered that his own homeworld kicked against the goad of the restrictions placed on it. How much less did they want multiple more external bodies placing restrictions upon them? Sometimes you had to put up with it in order to survive, but there was no reason to add more or go quietly into regulations.
Regulations on businesses are often done with good intention but seldom with the outcome intended, he said.
I think we can all recognize that each of the groups here has not only a broad composition, but also different needs from one another. To make single legislation that will be beneficial to every planet is difficult enough for the individual groups here let alone singular legislation for the majority of the explored galaxy, he said.
I must agree with President Thorne that the most recent legislation hurt business throughout the Core, and not because they were selling arms to the Sith as many "business amateurs" have asserted, but because the additional paperwork and inspections to prove innocence have severely slowed production and export, he continued, subtly - or not so subtly - poking at those who assumed that "drop in stocks" after the legislation meant "they must have been selling to the Empire." If he had a credit for every time he'd heard someone assert that he could have retired.
It is for this reason that Cato Neimoidia must support the proposition put forward by President Thorne, he said.