~Government Incentives~
Day 446, 17:10
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Published in Austria 
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by Chicco
Dear fellow citizens,
First off, thank you for electing me President of Austria. I will work hard not to disappoint the confidence you have placed in me.
Although I already presented my team in an article leading up to the elections, here is the official version:
President — Chicco
Vice President — Erwin Kroener
Minister of Foreign Affairs — Erwin Kroener
Minister of Defense — Metallon
Minister of Economic Affairs — Torgo
Minister of Immigration — Kretschmar
Minister of Finance — Chicco
Press Secretary — Q J Lincoln
Special Counsel to the Cabinet — Hrvat
Do not hesitate to PM these individuals concerning issues that fall into their areas of responsibility!
The main subject of this article is what is arguably our most important goal: to fix our economy. On the business side this means:
- maximize Q level for raw materials (check productivity formula to understand why)
- modestly increase Q level of consumer products (except gifts, where upgrading doesn't pay)
- increase exports
And on the citizen's side it means:
- maximize house ownership
- maximize work presence
We will use the national treasury to encourage these developments. However, due to the bleak state of our finances, these efforts will have to be limited (which is why this article features a cent coin rather than a Euro coin!). Below is an outline of our new programs.
~BUSINESS INCENTIVES~
On the business side the Bank's focus is on upgrading our existing industries. We are already short on workers. Creating more and more companies is only going to exacerbate this. I know this sucks for citizens who want to become businessmen, but I would strongly discourage anyone from creating new companies at this time. Furthermore, housing companies are excluded from these incentives. This is because all workers skilled in construction are currently needed at SDI. (When the current defense project is finished we can think about supporting a housing company.)
Everyone else, please PM me to request loans for one of the following:
- Q upgrades
- export licenses
Conditions:
- Loans only available for Austria companies
- Raw materials (grain) companies to be given preference
- Austrian businesspeople to be given preference
- Interest rates and loan durations are negotiable
~HOUSING PROGRAM~
As promised the new Austrian government wants to dramatically improve house ownership in Austria. It is the most cost-effective means of maximizing the productivity of our small workforce. Here is a listing of the lowest house prices (in gold) in the eWorld.
Q1 -- 3.23 (Iran)
Q2 -- 7.25 (Brazil)
Q3 -- 11.60 (Brazil)
Q4 -- 18.81 (Sweden)
Q5 -- 30.00 (France)
It seems that Q3 houses are the best deal. For Q4 and Q5 houses you pay a substantial premium.
If anybody wants one of these houses please PM me. I will send the Bank of Austria ORG around to buy houses. If we get a large enough number of requests we might be in a position to demand volume discounts, so please do consider buying one. If you do not have enough gold we can grant you a loan with the following conditions:
- Maximum loan duration of 3 months
- Borrower must reside and work in this country until the loan is repaid
- Interest-free
If you already own a house and you want to upgrade, the Bank of Austria will buy your house at a price that is equal to the cheapest price on the eGlobal market. This is a very good offer. Usually you have to offer a steep discount when selling houses through private exchange.
As for maximizing work presence, there is little we can do other than to politely ask our citizens to log in every day and work. With these silly trivia being abolished I certainly hope working will become less of a burden.
Chicco
President of eAustria
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SELL COMPANY GRAIN Q2 LICENSE TO CHILE 50 GOLD AND 200 ATS OR 48 GOLD SEND PM WITHOUT ATS .167 stock grain.High region. NEED GOLD FOR FUTURE NATION.Save 16 Gold.
Sell Company Wood Q3 110 Gold.
License to Venezuela and Ireland. Save 20 Gold.
Send PM.
I think that Chicco will not let us down in this, there is barely a mistake or unagreeable statement in that entire article.
However, I have found recently that there are basically no jobs for anyone with skill 0 (except for this company that never pays it's workers). We need skill 0 Jobs! Then we could start a project in which we go over to Britain where Jobs are scarse for skill 0 aswell
and bring them over to help fill in our gaps.
But again, apart from that, I support Chicco in these incentives.
Thank you,
Robert Knotsworth.
Skill level 0 is swiftly upgradable by the diligent worker within a few days. Would it cost an Austrian company owner much to pay minimum daily wage to keep a few new workers on the rolls? Obviously companies with 10 active workers will get hurt with productivity but new skillers have to start somewhere.
What kind of new worker training mills can Austria support now? Raw materials (wood and mostly grain) and some manufacturing.
Can we spare the salary to support with existing companies, or start a basic level training mill for the overall good?
So I put up a few skill 0 offers in my Q1 food company.
The problem with skill 0 workers is that 90% of the time they work only once, then find out that they don't like the game.
Regarding the houses -- I got only one request so far!! Come on, people. Show some participation. I can't believe all of you already own houses!
@Torgo: Regarding the government companies (I comment here b/c your article has already disappeared), I was told that a Q3 defense system can catch anywhere between 60 and 90 gold. So we should finish it, IMO. As for all the other companies, I agree with you and we'll keep them shut.
Torgo owned a Q4 from preV1 days, made a deal to buy a Q5 from out of country then donated the Q4 for trivial cost to a fellow Autrian.
I recommend it folks! 5 gold for each hard worker medal adds up fast! Then there's the levelling medals and the 5 strength medal. Gold is there for the taking.