Open Rectum, Remove Head
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by Hotelier
In recent news,
- DMV slings poop at Congress.
- Congress votes down work tax law.
- CPF under threat from another PTO attempt.
Nothing ever changes in the wonderous news phenomenon that is eCanada.
Well, I just wanted to possibly throw my marshmellow on the fire here, and join in on the discussion.
Now, i've been thinking; Congress has turned down the work tax law for the third time this term. The simple fact of the matter is that Canadians need to pay for the wars that they have so longed for, and that can't be done out of the pockets of the dinosaurs forever. Eventually, as individuals, they do get tired of providing the fun for the rest of us ungrateful twerps at the cost of their real life money. I think that that's relatively understandable. The fact that congress has turned it down multiple times can show several things. Lets have a look at the margins:
1st installment of work tax bill - 15 (40😵
no, 10 (60😵
yes.
2nd installment of work tax bill - 15 (48😵
no, 13 (52😵
yes.
3rd installment of work tax bill - 14 (50😵
no, 14 (50😵
yes.
Personally, I hope to whatever etherial being inhabits the heavenly plain that Congress is not a chicken with its head cut off, but one can only hope. If we assume that the opposition to the bill is manufactured, either by an individual or by partisanship, then there are only a couple ways that that could work out, never mind the reasons for now. Lets look at Congress numbers.
In congress, the division is as such:
CPF - 10 seats (37😵
PFC - 9 seats (22😵
MPD - 6 seats (15😵
IP - 5 seats (13😵
BAL - 5 seats (13😵
Now, with these numbers, assuming that the opposition for the work tax bill is manufactured and partisan, the division could work with these coalitions:
CPF & IP or BAL = 53%
PFC, MDP & IP or BAL = 50%
CPF & MDP = 52%
Now, if we also assume that the CPF backs DMV unanimously (although many may have doubts to this statement), that leaves only four other culprits to the opposition. Now, let's also assume that because of Eric Boucher's recent impeachment law, that the PFC does not have confidence in the current government. Now consider that the law failed 10 to 17 (37% to 63😵
. It is although, improbable that the entire PFC turned out to vote for DMV's impeachment, given that 8 people didn't turn out for the bill at all, but we may be able to assume from this logic that a considerable amount of DMV's opposition comes from the PFC, and that is supplemented by a fair few from other parties. The fact that the last installment of the work tax bill failed because the vote stood at 50% means that either party presidents/party whips are whipping the party back into submission on account of DMV's executive order, or that Congress, is in fact a massive headless chicken.
UPDATE:
The fact that Eric Boucher was the person to propose the tax increase law has proven to me at least that Congress is a chicken with its head cut off.
Whoo! That was fun wasn't it?
On a much lighter note, you can escape the (hopefully absent) idiocy by joining me in the party!
We'll be Lenin you in, so quit Stalin your transition!
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Congress is disfunction at its finest.
"Chicken with it's head cut off" is a rather harsh analogy for Congress. Perhaps a bad transmission would be more fair -- it gets into going eventually but only after a lot of grinding gears and cursing from the driver (ie. CP). The good news with this current proposal is that Congress may have finally got its shift together to transition from a 5% to 10% tax.
Any idea why the last one failed? My guess was that the new guy didn't file the paperwork properly but there could be more to it.
In response to your statement that "the fun can't be done out of the pockets of the dinosaurs forever:" you can tax the new players/casual clickers pretty hard and they won't complain much. But there's probably a more vocal and experienced group that is actually trying to earn profit simply by the game's "economy." Maybe they're the ones voting down the tax increases rather than because of some partisan divide.
Harsh analogy or not, a chicken with it's head cut off does eventually run out of steam and get picked up by the farmer, but only after it's long dead.
Personally I think that somebody is trying to give DMV a hard time. The margins work out in a way that somebody is probably instructing their party to vote against DMV's proposals.
The new players don't make any money of manufacturing and production at all. They used to, before the introduction of Q7 weapons pushed down the prices of just about every other weapon out there. Work tax was just the icing on the cake. It became impossible to make any cc off production after that. Nowadays young players make money through their salaries and gold from medals, that's it.
Hmm, sorta makes it hard to fix a decapitated chicken and that assessment of new players in the economy is pretty dismal, too...so it goes.
At least political intrigue makes for good reading, so I'll go along with your take on things and watch the show unfold.
Well, I guess someone finally gets the point (I think). Old dinosaurs are tired. (Maybe some of the new dinosaurs have Visa cards?) Seriously though, the newer players don't seem to be willing to shell out real life cash to have fun. Oh, they still want the fun, that is evident. This is not so much the players fault. If you consider the online game marketplace eRep is just not a hot seller anymore. It was a niche market to start with as the first person shooter is always popular, along with the adventure/magical people that like sorcerers and dungeons.
As for BAL, things will be different in the future. There was a bit of neglect last couple months.
"shell out RL cash to have fun"... doesn't really apply to this game imo. I'm not sure why most people play this game as it's not really all that FUN. Personally I still 2 click because of masochistic tendencies and because I can't seem to quit anything that I start.
Would be a good idea for the govt of the day to add more FUN incentives to get 2 clickers to do a little more. I'd shell out some bucks to see each CP of the month do the Can Can each term or something..
You're right, the game itself hasn't been fun in years. I play because of the people but that is getting to be less and less as time goes by. All the recent hubbub is an example of how unimportant community is. I have some friends I still like to hear from but I don't follow what's going on anymore, it's unimportant to me.
I did pay real money to get things done when what happened here meant something to me. The little ones have been bitching for so long that people like me were controlling/manipulating things to make ourselves look important. I ain't doing squat anymore, just watching and waiting to see someone else do something. So far I'm not impressed.
I don't get the Dr Who (pic) reference in relation to this article... but you get a vote for the cat in it. 🙂
mostly for the facial expression
I'm for the WT increase, it could be higher than 10% as far as I'm concerned.
One problem though is that many (most?) established players are part of MU's that have minimum wage paying communes so most of us are dodging the most of the impact of the tax anyways.
So it does seem that the newer players, "the little guy" are the ones who will bear the brunt of this tax increase. Thus Congress members who see it as their job to stick up for the little guy do have a point. Unfortunately there aren't better tools for extracting taxes from those who can best afford it.
I guess that's all to say there are two legitimate sides to the debate. Its not white knights vs stupid morons as some are trying to make it out to be.
Cheers, JC
"The little guy" generally has a few RMs and maybe a Q2 food factory. If he/she hasn't already figured out that it's most important to build Training Grounds then they are loosing money already. Gold from Super Soldier and Hard Worker medals is usually greater value than some pittance of an income selling a few RMs.
Also "the little guy could benefit from older players help. There's been an effort to start a food and tutor program. So far it's not doing great.
To use myself as an example, I had a Q7 weapons commune that was fully supplied by 88 Q5 WRMs. I WaMed enough RM for all 10 workers. The minimum wage was paid so almost no Income Tax paid. My guys took their pay in Q7 so almost no sales tax was paid as most of them WaMed their own food. The only tax was actually producing the weapons, the VAT. That was usually a few hundred cc. If doubled I wouldn't have liked it but the end result would have been negligible.
With a high Work Tax we are ripe for raiding. I have been around for a while now and I now will be paying $114CAD daily just to work my companies. And what do I get out of it...Well, I get to sell my stuff for less than it cost me to produce it. Especially when the Import Tax is letting outsiders sell here and undercut the market. Which then makes it impossible to work because if I can't sell anything then I will run out of CAD to pay the Work Tax. Poor thinking guys! Rework your plan! I makes more sense to increase the Import Tax to 30%, VAT to 2% and work tax to 5% or less. Then ask the eCitizens and MU's to donate to the eCan treasury to cover the costs of military actions. With a 10% Work Tax the only players paying it are the ones with companies that supply the eCanada with supplies to keep the fights going. At this point is more cost effective to become eArmenians and then sell our goods to eCanada...Fix your thinking!