[USWP] Fiscal Responsibility and eUS Grand Strategy
Kemal Ergenekon
[USWP] Fiscal Responsibility and eUS Grand Strategy
Greetings fellow eAmericans,
Today I am going to talk about taxes. Surprising, I know. Who would have guessed with all those articles in the media? There seems to be an excess supply of taxation articles these days, wouldn't you say? Still, reasonable ones are scarce, and I want to give my own viewpoint as well as my party's on the issue.
As you well know, the congress has increased the work tax rate to 12% recently. As the POTUS stated, this is due to a reduction in our reserves due to the immense expenditures made to win against an opponent who should have handily defeated us without breaking a sweat. I am not at a liberty to divulge numbers, but let it suffice to say that we were the richest country in terms of reserves before the last war, and we had to spend roughly 1/3 of this immense wealth to win. The loss needs to be replenished in case we face another invasion.
If you recall, work tax had been lowered to 8% from the initial 10% a few months ago. At the time, USWP had opposed this drop vehemently, claiming that it would result in having insufficient reserves for a serious war. BSP and Feds disagreed.
Today, USWP and other fiscally responsible parties stand vindicated. Our reserves would not have been decreased by this much if we had maintained a 10% work tax rate. Many leaders and members of the anti-tax camp a few months ago are now admitting that they were wrong, and USWP had been right. We couldn't have asked for better praise.
The only reason we have 12% WT now is that we chose to go with 8% earlier. Which one would you prefer: 10% for a year, or 8% for six months, and 12% for another six months? I prefer the first one, since smoothing the tax burden over time reduces its pain.
Some people ask: why do we need high taxes? That is because we still want to be successful in this game, yet the slow death of the game has reduced our population vis-a-vis the more nationalistic Balkan countries. If we want to maintain our empire and enjoy maximum number of bonuses possible, we need to be able to compete against our opponents.
Let's have a look at Serbia: They have 5% WT. Less than the eUS right? Definitely. Why can they do with 5% and we cannot?
Daily tax revenue of Serbia in the past week has been between 156,037.78-175,991.88, and this is without counting the tax revenues from conquered countries. In comparison, even with the 12% WT, eUS has netted between 87,790.92-108,942.91. This is because Serbia has a much larger tax base - either more active players, or richer ones.
If it was a game about who had more money, Serbia could defeat us handily despite our high WT. Wait for it, it becomes worse: Let's have a look at damage ratings in egov4you: http://www.egov4you.info/countries/overview
Serbia's total damage last month: 969,645,577,000
eUS's total damage last month: 220,667,541,580
Whoops. It looks like even if we had the same amount of cash to spend on COs and lure mercenaries to fight for our country, their military power is more than four times larger than ours.
The same experiment can be repeated for any other top 10 country. So how do we cope with these challenges? Should we just despair and accept the inevitable defeat?
No. We fight. How do we do this? By responsible fiscal policy and having strong reserves. As it has been demonstrated, even opponents that have more than twice our damage can be defeated and dissuaded if we have our "nukes" - which is how we view our reserves.
Despite falling down from the top 10 in the damage rankings, eUS still enjoys the best bonusses possible in the eWorld. Our food and weapons production enjoy a 100% bonus, whereas housing sector enjoys 80%. There are many top 10 countries that cannot boast of such high and stable bonuses, let alone those in our damage league.
This is because our reserves give us a credible threat. If any stronger country chooses to attack us, they will face our vast reserves which no other country can boast of. Everyone in eRep knows that if you attack eUS, you will regret it. Bolstering our reserves maintains our good reputation.
Long story short: If we want to win and enjoy the fruits of our victories, we must be willing to sacrifice from our profits. USWP has always been the long-term oriented party that puts the country first and populist rhetoric last.
-If you want our country to continue to be awesome
-If you do not want to be a citizen of a mediocre country which owes its sovereignty to other powers
-If you want responsible fiscal policy geared towards maximum benefit of the citizens
-If you do not want our country to go bankrupt within weeks of an invasion and stay deleted for a long period of time
Vote smart. Vote USWP.
Kemal Ergenekon
Secretary of the Treasury
Chairman of the Economic Council
USWP Congressman
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Kemal is a Keyens he is blowing tax dollars on whores and milk in an effort to grow the economy out of a depression.
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Well said.
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"The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."
Same failed policies year in and year out. Let's continue the successful slow death of eUSA - 07
"Despite falling down from the top 10 in the damage rankings, eUS still enjoys the best bonusses possible in the eWorld. Our food and weapons production enjoy a 100% bonus, whereas housing sector enjoys 80%. There are many top 10 countries that cannot boast of such high and stable bonuses, let alone those in our damage league.
This is because our reserves give us a credible threat. If any stronger country chooses to attack us, they will face our vast reserves which no other country can boast of. Everyone in eRep knows that if you attack eUS, you will regret it. Bolstering our reserves maintains our good reputation."
"Serbia's total damage last month: 969,645,577,000
eUS's total damage last month: 220,667,541,580"
I don't think we can convert our nationality or boost ultranationalism in the RL US with our resources, Jude, but thanks for the non-sequitur.
Less tax = more money to spend on weapons by individuals (even the lowly 2 Clickers) and PMUs = more damage. Simple math.
More tax = more money to be spent in actually critical battles as opposed to where the individuals whims may decide = more directed damage = same amount of raw damage. Simple math.
More tax= more money USAF can use...woops did I say that?
The greatest chunk of our government expenditures is combat orders, not USAF supplies. DMJ has said the actual USAF budget is around 70k per week if I am not mistaken. For comparison, we spent more than a YEAR of USAF funding in a single battle.
Our reserves would not have been decreased by this much if we had maintained a 10% work tax rate.
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hmmmm....
If you spent 5 million it would not have been less than 5 million with a different tax rate. It would not have been more than 5 million with a different tax rate. It was and would have been 5 million.
Now, if you think you need to make up that 5 million and a bit more, like 5 more, you increase taxes.
If you had previously had a 10% tax rate, I suspect you would still want to increase taxes.
If you had previously had a lower tax rate, I suspect you would still want to increase taxes.
Because a present increase in taxation is pretty reasonable in all scenarios.
About 10 months ago, the US met its target for the reserve, earmarked exclusively for defensive operations. It then spent millions of the reserve on an offensive campaign. Had it not done so, you would still have spent 5 million dollars recently.
With the exception of the most recent Argentine AS in Mexico, the US has not had to face invasion. Even with its past tax policy. That is not a bad thing. Of course, Serbia can outspend and out-tax you anytime it wants. Indeed, I lean to the view that the last US wipe was ended by the opposing teams realizing that they had won erep, that there was no foreseeable hope for a US reconquest and that everyone should just go home and reshuffle to make the game interesting. Tax did not have much to do with that result. I am skeptical that past tax policy can be judged to have been misguided, or your party policy to have been vindicated. Nevertheless, the high tax policy would certainly have placed you in a different position. Contrafactual stuff is hard.
It is about the optimal level of reserves. As I said, I cannot divulge numbers here, but USWP et al based the 10% WT policy on a higher optimal level of reserves compared to BSP and Feds. Now, the actual Argentinian AS has shown that the higher reserve number was more realistic. If we had 10% WT, our reserves would take a smaller hit, and we could just continue with 10% which would slowly build the reserves up to the higher reserve number.
Yes, counterfactual analysis is hard. But in the case of simple accounting identities such as tax revenue collected and reserves, it isn't rocket science either.
It is about the optimal level of reserves.... I cannot divulge numbers.
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You can see why it is a difficult conversation 🙂
If reduced to 'simple accounting identities ' you do get: 'Which one would you prefer: 10% for a year, or 8% for six months, and 12% for another six months? Those alternatives, without context, seem pretty equivalent.
What impresses me is the organization, thought and planning long demonstrated by the eUS team. It has maintained organizational culture and knowledge for a very long time. And it works. Kudos.
It's not hard to maintain unit cohesion when the unit isn't allowed to change.
spoken like a true Old Fu-k.
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Thanks buddy.... maybe make me Sergeant-at-walkers and give me an honorary seat.... with one year supply of pampers ..... How is the medical coverage now - you got eObamacare going, cause my dentures need replacing... and HEY! YOU KIDS!... get OFF the lawn !
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US reserves are the only thing saving it from any major invasion.
Its an odd thing then that they exist at all, since people tout the invasions as the best time they had in game. Colonial maintenance is not entertaining.
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History has shown that you won't keep your word.
I don't recall giving my word on anything, but thanks for the entertainment.
The last time that you advocated for a reserve, it wasn't enough.
Now, you have the nerve to complain about the people that kept their word.
I have trouble understanding you. I recall asking for a reserve number higher than we ever had, and proposed to keep 10% WT rate.
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Too many daft cunts to keep a flat 10%, they need to be faced with an immediate problem to see reason in whatever you propose.
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