~Some Organization: Military Update, Taxes, MPPs, and the Cabinet~
Day 354, 15:51
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by Benn Dover
VERY IMPORTANT:
Before getting into anything, I would like to request that those citizens with high amounts of USD on the market for values such as 0.018, 0.019, and 0.02, please move bump them up to higher offers. The United States is spending enough money on the war in Australia as is, we don't want to spend more gold by regulating.
Thank you all for keeping your heads high after appearing to be defeated in Australia last night. Indonesia is asleep now, it's the time to strike. We currently have 20,000+ damage done to the wall in our favor, thousands of gold spend (combined throughout Atlantis), and plenty of troops left to send. We will be rotating platoons over the next week to be deployed to Australia so that our workforce is still strong back home. It is amazing, however, that we can keep such a huge population (5300+) even with a large portion of soldiers fighting. To see a wonderful report on this, read the latest article from my good friend DesertFalcon here: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-second-war-down-under-696574/1
Lets Impose Taxes
Quick, while everybody's distracted by the war! I kid, but in all seriousness, I have been perfecting the income, VAT, and import taxes in the country. Ideally, this is EXACTLY what I would like. Those of your in the economic council, feel free to comment about this (Hell, even if you aren't, input is appreciated).
Current values... Income.... Import.... VAT
Food ... 7%... 99%... 1 %
Gift... 1%... 99%... 1 %
Weapon... 7%... 99%... 1 %
Moving Tickets... 1%... 99%... 1 %
House... 1%... 99%... 1 %
Hospital... 1%... 99%... 1 %...
Defense System...1%... 99%... 1 %
Grain... 1%... 99%... N/A
Diamonds... 7%... 80%... N/A
Iron... 1%... 50%... N/A
Oil... 1%... 99%... N/A
Wood 1% 48% N/A
Desired values... Income.... Import.... VAT
Food... 7%... 99%... 3 %
Gift... 7%... 99%... 3 %
Weapon ... 10%... 99%... 3 %
Moving Tickets... 5%... 99%... 3 %
House... 7%... 99%... 3 %
Hospital... 7%... 99% 3 %
Defense System...7%... 80%... 3 %
Grain... 7%... 99%... N/A
Diamonds... 5%... 45%... N/A
Iron... 5%... 45%... N/A
Oil... 7%... 99%... N/A
Wood... 10%... 55%... N/A
I know that a lot of yor are probably confused by these statistics, so allow me to elaborate. First, income tax is NOT the tax that gets taken off of what you are paid salary-wise. They changed it after V1. Income tax only affects companies. This means that all employees will NOT be taxed. Secondly, I would like to say that 7% income tax is ideal because it is not too high but not too low. 5, I feel, is still too low for the company-owners in America. Other countries keep their taxes at 10, but I think 7 will suffice. Wood and Weapons are placed at 10% VAT each because, with a raised import on Wood and lowered import on Iron, these two industries will be a little more profitable. If you would like to see a lot more reasoning for all of these values, please educate yourself by looking at the input that I submit to the US via the Official Forums, and more specifically, on the Legislative Discussion board - http://erepublikusa.com/forums/index.php?board=7.0
Mutual Protection Pacts
In V1, MPPs actually cost gold to maintain. Because of this, we will not keep all of our current MPPs, but rather, keep only a few with selected Atlantis countries. I have had several offers from PEACE nations to have MPPs with the United States, but what I really want to know is - what's in it for us? Having over 5000 citizens, many of which are active, the US would be a prime candidate for smaller countries to have as their bodyguard. But if we are going to waste 50 gold a month on it, why should we get little protection in return? I invite any active-viewers of this article to discuss what they feel we should do about the current MPP situation, even if you are not in the US. Be it by comment or by personal-message, input is welcome and appreciated.
Atlantis is currently in discussion of this topic as well as citizens who attend this forum, but I wanted to open it up to the public. Don't be shy to share your thoughts on how the MPPs are going to affect America.
Cabinet Positions
Now please note that, even though this is a more finalized version and revised version of my cabinet, there are still spots open, indicated by "Open", etc.
I received a total of 15 applications thus far, and even though all of these citizens might not get EXACTLY what they desire, it still means that 15 extra citizens are involved in the government now, making other peoples' jobs that much easier. The more people involved in government, the better; two heads is better than one. That said, here is a more complete version of my cabinet.
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Justinious McWalburgson III - Vice President
Secretaries of Defense (Foreign Relations) - Emerick and ThisGenMedia
National Security Council Director - Peregrine
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs- Chimichonga
General of the Army - Moishe
Commander of the Marines - Dexter Jones
General of the National Guard - Leroy Combs
Quartermaster General - Logomaster304 (Billy Fleming: Assistant)
Office of the Quartermaster... - Open, see below
- Record Clerk - Baus88
- Distribution Officer & Workers - Killing time (OPEN)
- Procurement Officer - Donutdude
Ambassadors...
- Spain/Argentina - Time
- Spain/Mexico - Trisk
- Brazil/Venezuela - B1indn3ss
- Finland - Nonesuch
- United Kingdom - Joeyhens1
- Ireland/Australia - CJ Will Win
Central Intelligence Agency - Mikaleus
Secretary of Society - Open
Head of the Department of Education - Joeph Cole
Head teachers of the DoE - Angrr
Citizen Expansion Program Director - Still deciding
Welcoming Committee Director - Gorzong (OPEN)
Department of Media and Culture - Royamen
Council of Economic Advisers - Duiveltje, Denversbest02 (Still open, High demand)
Department of Regional Development - Mikowski, Jordan Miller (Still Open)
Department of Fun - OPEN (very, VERY open
Emperor of Fungasms - The Supernatural
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If I missed anybody, then please let me know, and I apologize in advance (I feel like I forgot someone)
Also, I need somebody who is EXTREMELY active to apply for to be the Chief of Staff. Please apply for that position (minimum e-age of 2 months) here: levitt.peter@gmail.com
Reminders
Citizens - spend that extra gold that you have
Employees - don't complain about low salaries, times are hard
GMs - If your companies are suffering, contemplate an export license (Note: I will NOT sponsor export licenses unless your situation is unique, but I bet that people with big banks might)
Soldiers - Please try to fight until you hit 50 wellness, use the hospital, wait for the next day, fight to 50 wellness, use the hospital once more, fight again to low wellness, then move back to the US
Platoons 1 & 2 - Be alert
Marines - Do whatever you can to get gold and fight more
Thank you everybody,
~Benn
Before getting into anything, I would like to request that those citizens with high amounts of USD on the market for values such as 0.018, 0.019, and 0.02, please move bump them up to higher offers. The United States is spending enough money on the war in Australia as is, we don't want to spend more gold by regulating.
Thank you all for keeping your heads high after appearing to be defeated in Australia last night. Indonesia is asleep now, it's the time to strike. We currently have 20,000+ damage done to the wall in our favor, thousands of gold spend (combined throughout Atlantis), and plenty of troops left to send. We will be rotating platoons over the next week to be deployed to Australia so that our workforce is still strong back home. It is amazing, however, that we can keep such a huge population (5300+) even with a large portion of soldiers fighting. To see a wonderful report on this, read the latest article from my good friend DesertFalcon here: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-second-war-down-under-696574/1
Lets Impose Taxes
Quick, while everybody's distracted by the war! I kid, but in all seriousness, I have been perfecting the income, VAT, and import taxes in the country. Ideally, this is EXACTLY what I would like. Those of your in the economic council, feel free to comment about this (Hell, even if you aren't, input is appreciated).
Current values... Income.... Import.... VAT
Food ... 7%... 99%... 1 %
Gift... 1%... 99%... 1 %
Weapon... 7%... 99%... 1 %
Moving Tickets... 1%... 99%... 1 %
House... 1%... 99%... 1 %
Hospital... 1%... 99%... 1 %...
Defense System...1%... 99%... 1 %
Grain... 1%... 99%... N/A
Diamonds... 7%... 80%... N/A
Iron... 1%... 50%... N/A
Oil... 1%... 99%... N/A
Wood 1% 48% N/A
Desired values... Income.... Import.... VAT
Food... 7%... 99%... 3 %
Gift... 7%... 99%... 3 %
Weapon ... 10%... 99%... 3 %
Moving Tickets... 5%... 99%... 3 %
House... 7%... 99%... 3 %
Hospital... 7%... 99% 3 %
Defense System...7%... 80%... 3 %
Grain... 7%... 99%... N/A
Diamonds... 5%... 45%... N/A
Iron... 5%... 45%... N/A
Oil... 7%... 99%... N/A
Wood... 10%... 55%... N/A
I know that a lot of yor are probably confused by these statistics, so allow me to elaborate. First, income tax is NOT the tax that gets taken off of what you are paid salary-wise. They changed it after V1. Income tax only affects companies. This means that all employees will NOT be taxed. Secondly, I would like to say that 7% income tax is ideal because it is not too high but not too low. 5, I feel, is still too low for the company-owners in America. Other countries keep their taxes at 10, but I think 7 will suffice. Wood and Weapons are placed at 10% VAT each because, with a raised import on Wood and lowered import on Iron, these two industries will be a little more profitable. If you would like to see a lot more reasoning for all of these values, please educate yourself by looking at the input that I submit to the US via the Official Forums, and more specifically, on the Legislative Discussion board - http://erepublikusa.com/forums/index.php?board=7.0
Mutual Protection Pacts
In V1, MPPs actually cost gold to maintain. Because of this, we will not keep all of our current MPPs, but rather, keep only a few with selected Atlantis countries. I have had several offers from PEACE nations to have MPPs with the United States, but what I really want to know is - what's in it for us? Having over 5000 citizens, many of which are active, the US would be a prime candidate for smaller countries to have as their bodyguard. But if we are going to waste 50 gold a month on it, why should we get little protection in return? I invite any active-viewers of this article to discuss what they feel we should do about the current MPP situation, even if you are not in the US. Be it by comment or by personal-message, input is welcome and appreciated.
Atlantis is currently in discussion of this topic as well as citizens who attend this forum, but I wanted to open it up to the public. Don't be shy to share your thoughts on how the MPPs are going to affect America.
Cabinet Positions
Now please note that, even though this is a more finalized version and revised version of my cabinet, there are still spots open, indicated by "Open", etc.
I received a total of 15 applications thus far, and even though all of these citizens might not get EXACTLY what they desire, it still means that 15 extra citizens are involved in the government now, making other peoples' jobs that much easier. The more people involved in government, the better; two heads is better than one. That said, here is a more complete version of my cabinet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Justinious McWalburgson III - Vice President
Secretaries of Defense (Foreign Relations) - Emerick and ThisGenMedia
National Security Council Director - Peregrine
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs- Chimichonga
General of the Army - Moishe
Commander of the Marines - Dexter Jones
General of the National Guard - Leroy Combs
Quartermaster General - Logomaster304 (Billy Fleming: Assistant)
Office of the Quartermaster... - Open, see below
- Record Clerk - Baus88
- Distribution Officer & Workers - Killing time (OPEN)
- Procurement Officer - Donutdude
Ambassadors...
- Spain/Argentina - Time
- Spain/Mexico - Trisk
- Brazil/Venezuela - B1indn3ss
- Finland - Nonesuch
- United Kingdom - Joeyhens1
- Ireland/Australia - CJ Will Win
Central Intelligence Agency - Mikaleus
Secretary of Society - Open
Head of the Department of Education - Joeph Cole
Head teachers of the DoE - Angrr
Citizen Expansion Program Director - Still deciding
Welcoming Committee Director - Gorzong (OPEN)
Department of Media and Culture - Royamen
Council of Economic Advisers - Duiveltje, Denversbest02 (Still open, High demand)
Department of Regional Development - Mikowski, Jordan Miller (Still Open)
Department of Fun - OPEN (very, VERY open
😃)
Emperor of Fungasms - The Supernatural
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If I missed anybody, then please let me know, and I apologize in advance (I feel like I forgot someone)
Also, I need somebody who is EXTREMELY active to apply for to be the Chief of Staff. Please apply for that position (minimum e-age of 2 months) here: levitt.peter@gmail.com
Reminders
Citizens - spend that extra gold that you have
Employees - don't complain about low salaries, times are hard
GMs - If your companies are suffering, contemplate an export license (Note: I will NOT sponsor export licenses unless your situation is unique, but I bet that people with big banks might)
Soldiers - Please try to fight until you hit 50 wellness, use the hospital, wait for the next day, fight to 50 wellness, use the hospital once more, fight again to low wellness, then move back to the US
Platoons 1 & 2 - Be alert
Marines - Do whatever you can to get gold and fight more
Thank you everybody,
~Benn
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We could get smaller countries to pay for our 50/gold month cost, so it's kinda like they hire us..
I love Nathan Wood's thinking.
May I inquire to what "Office of the Quartermaster" is?
Office of Quartermaster is how we supply our troops, in short. Good idea Nathan, that is what I have been asking of countries that come to me pondering a cross-alliance MPP.
Well as a bordering nation, Ireland will probably want to renew its MPP.
@Billy and Benn - Thanks 😃
I also think, our influence of MMP's could persuade other countries to see it our way. 😉
How do the troops currently deployed get in tough with the Quartermaster? Many are running out of weapons and are wounded, and yet we heard nothing of any kind of supply routes. Do we just bitch up the command chain? 😉
i think ive said this before but i dont support any income tax higher than 5 when we can get a VAT and level the playing field so even foreign companies would be effected, you raise income even a little especially now with the new production formula it might raise domestic companies prices just enough to give forigners the edge
on the contrary or VAT our companies can compete more easily when they pay low income and companies from other countries pay the same VAT ours do but even more income tax
if that all made sence
WHat's up people.
I'd prefer 5% taxes, but 7% isn't THAT bad, and we can always adjust if need be.
Hello Mr.Lewis. Send me a PM eh?
Do I apply for a position via PM?
Finland ambassador...I'll take it.
irl, we have a nato commitment to georgia. a lot of good that would do... we should only be mpp with other large pop countries with similar interests outside of our sphere of influence. i seem to remember that geekygator is good with the economic stuff...
Jason, mate, in r/l, USA's alliance with Georgia is founded both on principle and economic gain. Georgia has a lot of oil, and thus the economic advantage of such an alliance, and it is a democracy, thus the obvious principles in play.
Mr. Dover, I agree with your tax policies, tho I'm still unsure what VAT stands for. 🙁
As for MPPs, I don't see how smaller countries could afford 100gold/month just to keep us as allies, or what that alliance would be worth, if it was based on profit without principle. Obviously, extra protection is a plus for small countries, though, so I understand that side of it. Just not sure small countries would do it, and it could turn the worldview of US from a country of principle to a mercenary country. 😛
~ Karl Hagen
VAT = value added tax.
Thanks for the "Emperor" position
Ah, thank you smif. 🙂
Just to let you know, income taxes now come directly out of employees' salaries. It was a bug that had them coming out of company accounts, and it was fixed several days ago. So income taxes affect every single person in our country - both workers and company owners.
Yes I just saw that recently Archi, thanks for the reminder. It will still have the same affect anyway, and since it's a low percent, it won't be very damaging.
I'm not sure what position I would be good at, but I would love to get more involved.
Woo! Applied for Chief of Staff! 😃
I'm sort of new at this but I think we definitely shouldn't overextend ourselves with too many MPP's anyway. Ultimately it seems that wars cost a lot of money, let alone the fixed costs to uphold the MPP's. I don't think we should take a totally cynical view towards helping seriously oppressed smaller nations but I think we should always take into account how it'll affect economic life at home.
Whoo Hoo! Ambassador baby!
I think you should update this entry to reflect Archibald's comment. "First, income tax is NOT the tax that gets taken off of what you are paid salary-wise. They changed it after V1" is pretty misleading.