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The Effects of a Week on the Weak

Day 1,097, 13:53 • Published in New Zealand USA

• by Pragmat

Greetings New Zealand

After just a few short days, the new taxes implemented by our split Congress are clearly having an effect.

Starting out as a new country, our only real bright spot was that we were able to produce food very cheaply. For a long time, you could get Q2 food for .43 NZD. This allowed you to recoup health lost in 1 fight (10) for 2.15 NZD. Working a well-paying job (mine pays 17 NZD), one was able to easily afford to recover health and participate in battles.

Now for that same Q2 food it costs .73 NZD at its cheapest, this means 3.65 NZD to recoup 10 health. While this may not seem like much now, it will continue to rise and have an impact on our industry.

However, with these new taxes in place we have seen the largest single-day revenues in our nation's short history.

Is it a worthy trade-off? I don't know. For myself it is, I am willing to pay a little bit more because I can afford to with my job. But for the newb? For the player working a low paying job it will become harder and harder to pay to regain health. This will inevitably have some negative impact on our nation.

We need to decide what our path is going to take, some in our Congress, some in our nation would have us levy taxes that will have the most impact on those who can least afford them. Others would see us look for other alternatives which can boost revenue while maintaining the well-being of our nation's citizens.

Which will it be?

Daniel Dodge

Comments

WahooBob Day 1,097, 14:26

Good article, vote.

Albert Neurath Day 1,097, 14:30

An excellent article.

There will be an extra problem with food prices as NZ begins to fight once more - the demand will skyrocket and prices will rise as a result. We owe it to both ourselves and new players to lower taxes on food once that hits us full-force.

Lefty from Mulberry St Day 1,097, 14:32

This is maybe the third article I've actually read all the way through. Take it for what it is.

Go eNZ!

Gaius Marcus Day 1,097, 20:25

I'd rather have a high standard of living.

Devoid Day 1,097, 21:19

The revenue spike was simply due to a lag in the market adapting to the tax changes. It was a one-off deal.

The tax changes are causing untold harm to this economy and must be killed with fire. Back to 15-1-1.

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