Problem of Free Riding Private MU's
Day 1,687, 10:08
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by Konrad Neumann
There are a few in congress lately are pushing for the state to provide supplies to other private MU's but overall, they are misguided. They argues that the government discriminate and is not fair. What they fail to see that what they are pushing for is a free ride for private MU's and is unfair to the state and its tax payers.
Under the current system, the state offer supplies to all members of the state MU and other military members. All can join the NL military and there is no discrimination of the state. If the state blocks certain members to join the state military which in essence block access to state aid then they do have a point. However that is not the case. All who wants to receive government aid in terms of getting tanks and food, they need to join the NL military and is open to all.
What I think advocates of the free ride policy lacks, is an understanding of what the purpose of communes and MU's are for. What communes and MU's are for is to provide supplies and encourage daily order fights which will reward players with experience, bazooka parts and energy bars. Members often times work in communes in which they will get supplies for DO's. So private MU's fund themselves privately and its members receive supplies, why should the state give them supplies? They surely do not need it and why should members of private MU's get double supplies? Also dealing with supplying private MU's will this create lazy MU owners? If the state supplies private MU's will private MU's stop providing their own supplies and rely mainly on government handouts? Will they pocket the profits made from the communes? This makes absolutely no sense.
Overall, we should encourage the expansion and development of the NL military. What the NL military is a state owned and run institution that its sole function is the security of eNL. Independent MU's do not have this operational restraints and does what it wants. In a small country like eNL in which every warrior counts, it is better to have a more centralized military force that fight as one instead of a fragmented puzzles with small and unsustainable MU's that does not fund itself let alone defend our borders.
What advocates for the free ride policy seems to not understand is what they are pushing for, is not fair. Why should members of the state military pay for the development and operations of private MU's? Why should private MU members get extra supplies especially when they do not need it? Why are they entitled to this extra supplies? Advocates of free riding seems to support and wants the nation to be mainly MU's in essence taxing all citizens for their personal profit and gains? The people who have supplies and resources need not more supplies and resources.
As I said before, the eNL military is open to all who wants in. The government offers a DO program. To have DO's one must be in a militia. Since this is state funded, it only make sense that the gov would focus only on state MU's. Private MU's can feel free to offer a better package then the state, but it does not mean that people should abuse the system and get double supplies. It is based on need. Citizens can opt for public (state) option of being in a Government MU and receive the government package or go the private route and get private supplies. They have a choice and they are free to choose the one that best fit them best. However, they cannot have both for it is not fair or just to members who are in the state MU.
What I think we should do is to have the government DO program exclusive to the NL military. For the new players that are not in a member of ANY MU's state or private, they will get a onetime one week of survival supplies (not enough for daily DO's but enough got work and basic fights) so that each day they have the resources for 200 health. They will have a PM when they sign up for basic new player assistance about the state DO program as well as the private MU's that sign up to be on the basic assistance PM where they can see all programs that are on the table and they will select the plan that is best for them. I believe this is the most fair and is a compromise.
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My reply to Konrad's argument can be found here: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/on-justice-and-utility-or-why-all-citizens-should-receive-supplies-2074331/1/20 😁
both have fair points but in the end enl can´t defend itself due to lack of population they must always play a tactical game with all of it´s neighbours and put their weight behinde one of those neighbours to try and keep the balance and eyes off them
for the state to waste resources in people who can´t develop much anyway is a waste of money in the long run better to suply lower divisions and by suply i also mean coaching ofc wich keeps them around and therefore is better used even if
it´s less damage in the short term
also you netherlanders talk like if there´s enough suplies for everyone when in fact there isn´t there never is enough suplies you need resources wich cost work from people and then you need weapons wich cost more work so unleass you have a superavit in raw resources there´s never enough suplies for everyone
i can fight up to 150 times a day just on ff´s thats 12/13 q6 tanks i can only produce 10 so many times i have to buy them wich means someone lost
Your signatures kind of creep me out, but i do like your articles 🙂 Keep it up Herr Neumann
yes state-MU's are open to everyone, but they are also paid for by everyone. Also those who chose not to join them. So this isn't really a free choice, but rather people joining them getting a cigar out of your own stock, and no cigars for people who don't join the club.
@moonburn, some top fighters are also in private MU's and don't get supplies, damage wise this is just plain stupid. Apart from that MU's/communes have proven to be a powerfull force in getting players active in the community, so in the end more better players.
@DP People who works in commune really do not pay much tax as they work for min wage and they get their supplies via donation so no tax in the market as well. They really do not pay tax like other members who are not in private MU's...
Then everyone working in foreign countries should be excluded from the funding as they dont pay tax aswell
For the record, most private MU's in eNL do not have any sort of commune, so they are paying taxes.
Also, MU does not equal commune...
And last, joining the state MU get's you free supplies without even having to work for it. I wonder who is having the free ride here. 😉
@konrad what Piet said + wage taxes are the least of the taxes, It's only one click a day. VAT have way more impact on our income. And besides that paying more or less taxes doesn't give you the right to more or less goodies. We aren't talking about the income, but about the distribution of the money after it was collected is deemed money of our society, and how we should spread that. Not giving out supplies to some strong players (which happen not te be in a state MU) is just dumb policy.
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It is not the states responsibility if some MU's does not have communes. MU's without commune will not and does not do significant damage anyways. There is no point to waste resources on them.
Since it is state money and state org, the state would naturally spend its resources for state institution.