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Ward for president: Economy

Day 1,438, 09:51 • Published in Belgium Belgium

• by Ward De Bever

Dear citizens,

Seven directives on the Economy:

1. Keep taxes at current levels - a balance between economic stimulus, enough funds for treasury and state-level solidarity.

2. State budget - the current voted budget: (85% of monthly income) minus alliance costs minus the BTA budget = the BAF budget. BTA will be allowed a 8000 BEF budget.

3. The holder of the NBB-BNB password backup will be called Minister of Finance. He will also update and review the Country Accounting sheet daily, effect payments for the state budget, register donations on the Accounting sheet and do weekly reporting in-game.

4. The NBB-BNB account (Treasury) will be available to the CP for national security purposes only: for mercenary hiring (not wellness packs!) in case our sovereignty is threatened. However, Congress needs to be informed in advance and feedback will be taken into account. For amounts above 50 gold during the CP term, a binding 24 hour Congress vote will be held.

5. Land or company grant schemes will only come into effect after Congress approval and after inclusion as a directive in an eventual next CP program.

6. No monetary market interventions will happen with the sole purpose of strengthening or weakening the BEF value.

7. This CP candidate will, if elected, donate the 5 gold from the CP medal to the state.

We want to offer a way forward with Belgium! (for Belgium with Ward).

++ With love for all ❤

Comments

splashdog Day 1,438, 10:13

*supported* + I still think that we should introduce the land grants - this is an excellent way to boost up our players!

Ward De Bever Day 1,438, 10:29

Thanks splashdog. Yes, we can talk and decide about the company/land grants (and I think it would be good to stimulate the economy with more raws and Q5 production companies), but it should have broad support before implementation and the issue of trust must still be debated thoroughly. I think a CP should be elected with a directive to effect an eventual Congress-approved motion: Congress can decide, but the CP still has to effect this policy. So I think spending a major part of our treasury on this should happen in a thorough way - there's probably still some time before the next company upgrade promotion.

NLSP Day 1,439, 07:25

Once again, a nice article that looks promising 🙂

Azor Ahai Reborn Day 1,439, 10:29

Good luck Ward...

shadowukcs Day 1,439, 11:07

Since Ward pushed trough his proposals on taxes, the markets have completely crashed and WRM prices are fluctuating heavily. The market has lost all stability.

Also, I came up with land and company grand scheme.

And "no monetary market regulation" seems kinda obvious in a time when the value of BEF is under 0,005G

Basically you've said nothing that either isn't already done or proposed by others but shot down by you in the past.

shadowukcs Day 1,439, 11:10

http://ebelgium.forumotion.net/t3800-land-grants#71489

funny, When I proposed a land grant scheme, Ward was against. Now he's pro? I guess a political opinion does change according to the office you're running for

Here you can see Ward's vote for this proposal:
http://ebelgium.forumotion.net/t3970-land-grants-scheme-rejected#74581

Ward De Bever Day 1,439, 11:52

I voted no at that time because the proposal was heavily bureaucratic on the MoF (which I was at that time) and would have drained all our BEF reserves away.

Ward De Bever Day 1,439, 15:19

Also: production and market prices are heavily influenced by the admin company upgrade and now gold promotions: there's not much Congress or the CP can do about that. We can only try to have competitive Belgian markets that are able to reliably supply our citizens and companies.

Azor Ahai Reborn Day 1,439, 17:37

"I came up with the idea of a land grant scheme" ...

You want a candy because you proposed it first ? What you did was only proposing something that you saw in eUK, and that also exists in differents countries. If Ward appreciate the idea, and think it could be interesting, then it's bad because you "came with the idea first" ?

We should learn to think about eBelgium before to think about ourselves...

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