Platform shmatform lets talk about the economy. BTW I am running for congress.
Day 826, 00:07
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by Zcia
What no platform? You are the worst senator ever.
I have done god knows how many platforms in my 10 terms as a senator and each time they end up being quite similar because well I still play the game the same basic way. (Unless any of you are old enough to remember my platform from back in Mass. that was a hoot.) Plus the hot topic and only real sector my platform didn't cover sufficiently last time was the recent econ problems.
If you have any areas that you are unsure about or questions about my stances go ahead and send me a PM. Politics is a matter of your voice so make sure you do your research.
The economy? Isn't it esploded because of import taxes or something?
Well that is rather simplistic understanding of some drastic and sweeping changes that are reverberating through the global economy. I am neither willing to say that our economy is truly in deep trouble nor that our free trade stance is the cause of our economic downturn.
Well if you aren't going to say those things why should I even bother listening to what you have to say?
Well I am going to do my best to simply explain some of the things we are seeing, what they mean for the average individual, and how V2 may be able to fix some of the flaws in the system.
That sounds an awful lot like an outline...are you going to abruptly shift to a numbered list now?
1. The Lana Problem
Problem:
Ah Lana one of the biggest problems in my opinion is this gold vacuuming strength manufacturer. The Lana problem is most analogous to the current energy crisis. Everyday the planet receives a certain amount of energy (gold) from the sun (medals) which is converted to goods and materials at some rate (retention/hoarding percentage). In addition when Lana showed up many countries and individuals maintained strategic energy reserves which were largely self growing through business and other things like MM speculation. Then along came Lana aka the industrial revolution. At first the rapid rise in energy consumption wasn't very noticeable since it was busy eating away at all the reserves that we had built up. But recently gold/energy shortages are pushing up the value of gold and subsequently lowering global demand.
In essence Lana is eating global gold and leaving people with less and less to spend on other material goods.
What should YOU do?:
Building a company right now is a terrrrrrrrrrible idea so you should definitely not do that. With prices so depressed and supply so high it is a tough economy for a business man. You would probably be better served just using these low prices to do as much damage as you can if you are not yet a field marshal because if this problem gets fixed it will only get more expensive to do in the future. (Old man moment: Back in my day Q1 guns were at least 7-10 usd so that meant you were lucky to be able to afford even a couple on a days salary and a medal only bought you 7-8.) I would also generally advise against using Lana until you hit FM. You will get faster turn around on gun investment and a single medal can buy you a bunch of guns but only a couple sessions with the money grubber.
What should the Admins do?:
Get rid of Lana.
She is eating global gold too quickly for the economy to have anywhere near as much liquidity as it had before. The new flood of infrastructure and companies should give the admins enough gold to satiate their desire for a while. I don't think keeping this economy killer around for the long run is a good idea in a largely political/economic simulator.
2. They are taking our jobs or Der taking err jerbs!
Problem:
Import taxes are just too low so the eUS market is getting flooded with cheap goods. These cheap goods are either 1. driving down US wages so companies can compete or 2. forcing eUS companies out of business because they can't compete. On top of all this some people argue that the lowered eUS wages drive eUS prices down even further causing even more harm to the economy.
(As an aside I don't think this problem is as big/existent as its proponents claim)
What should you do?:
ENJOY THE COUNTRY WIDE CLEARANCE!!! No I am serious. Stuff is so cheap these days that means every medal you get is worth like a bajillion things. In all honesty most of the stuff happening due to this econ shift (whatever it may be) is only a big deal at the revenue and GM level for the average worker this is a pretty sweet situation. So make good use of guns, cheap food, gifts, MTs etc.
What should the admins do?:
Nothing.
3. Ok so the next roll out sounds pretty dang complicated I am pretty sure I am going to be out of luck.
Problem:
So this one is tricky. Pretty much the admins have been giving us some rather vague articles that are pretty much just telling stories that have some confusing fun facts thrown in. We do know the skill sets are all changing but not how our skills will transfer. We know that the productivity formula may change but aren't sure how. We know there will be happiness but not what it means or effects. So pretty much we have no idea.
What should you do?:
Alright well since we know so little my advice here is going to be largely theoretical. I plan on getting all my skills up to 4.00 before the switch because of the chance that we will get to self allocate (remember low skill levels advance way faster than higher level skills). I think that is a worth while investment if you have the cash reserves to make it happen. I would also suggest you not buy any companies at all since we have no idea what will happen to them. I also would suggest that you don't buy a house because of the likelihood that they will have a durability rating which will make them much worse investments next version.
What should the admins do?:
Be more open about the changes. We are data and numbers folks so I would appreciate some data and numbers because well stories aren't doing it. I also think a clearer time line would be really helpful you could at very least give us an "at earliest" time line.
God that was boring are you finished?
Yeah I am. I hope this info will help some people figure out better ways to take advantage of this economic climate and protect their assets for the coming conversion.
I have done god knows how many platforms in my 10 terms as a senator and each time they end up being quite similar because well I still play the game the same basic way. (Unless any of you are old enough to remember my platform from back in Mass. that was a hoot.) Plus the hot topic and only real sector my platform didn't cover sufficiently last time was the recent econ problems.
If you have any areas that you are unsure about or questions about my stances go ahead and send me a PM. Politics is a matter of your voice so make sure you do your research.
The economy? Isn't it esploded because of import taxes or something?
Well that is rather simplistic understanding of some drastic and sweeping changes that are reverberating through the global economy. I am neither willing to say that our economy is truly in deep trouble nor that our free trade stance is the cause of our economic downturn.
Well if you aren't going to say those things why should I even bother listening to what you have to say?
Well I am going to do my best to simply explain some of the things we are seeing, what they mean for the average individual, and how V2 may be able to fix some of the flaws in the system.
That sounds an awful lot like an outline...are you going to abruptly shift to a numbered list now?
1. The Lana Problem
Problem:
Ah Lana one of the biggest problems in my opinion is this gold vacuuming strength manufacturer. The Lana problem is most analogous to the current energy crisis. Everyday the planet receives a certain amount of energy (gold) from the sun (medals) which is converted to goods and materials at some rate (retention/hoarding percentage). In addition when Lana showed up many countries and individuals maintained strategic energy reserves which were largely self growing through business and other things like MM speculation. Then along came Lana aka the industrial revolution. At first the rapid rise in energy consumption wasn't very noticeable since it was busy eating away at all the reserves that we had built up. But recently gold/energy shortages are pushing up the value of gold and subsequently lowering global demand.
In essence Lana is eating global gold and leaving people with less and less to spend on other material goods.
What should YOU do?:
Building a company right now is a terrrrrrrrrrible idea so you should definitely not do that. With prices so depressed and supply so high it is a tough economy for a business man. You would probably be better served just using these low prices to do as much damage as you can if you are not yet a field marshal because if this problem gets fixed it will only get more expensive to do in the future. (Old man moment: Back in my day Q1 guns were at least 7-10 usd so that meant you were lucky to be able to afford even a couple on a days salary and a medal only bought you 7-8.) I would also generally advise against using Lana until you hit FM. You will get faster turn around on gun investment and a single medal can buy you a bunch of guns but only a couple sessions with the money grubber.
What should the Admins do?:
Get rid of Lana.
She is eating global gold too quickly for the economy to have anywhere near as much liquidity as it had before. The new flood of infrastructure and companies should give the admins enough gold to satiate their desire for a while. I don't think keeping this economy killer around for the long run is a good idea in a largely political/economic simulator.
2. They are taking our jobs or Der taking err jerbs!
Problem:
Import taxes are just too low so the eUS market is getting flooded with cheap goods. These cheap goods are either 1. driving down US wages so companies can compete or 2. forcing eUS companies out of business because they can't compete. On top of all this some people argue that the lowered eUS wages drive eUS prices down even further causing even more harm to the economy.
(As an aside I don't think this problem is as big/existent as its proponents claim)
What should you do?:
ENJOY THE COUNTRY WIDE CLEARANCE!!! No I am serious. Stuff is so cheap these days that means every medal you get is worth like a bajillion things. In all honesty most of the stuff happening due to this econ shift (whatever it may be) is only a big deal at the revenue and GM level for the average worker this is a pretty sweet situation. So make good use of guns, cheap food, gifts, MTs etc.
What should the admins do?:
Nothing.
3. Ok so the next roll out sounds pretty dang complicated I am pretty sure I am going to be out of luck.
Problem:
So this one is tricky. Pretty much the admins have been giving us some rather vague articles that are pretty much just telling stories that have some confusing fun facts thrown in. We do know the skill sets are all changing but not how our skills will transfer. We know that the productivity formula may change but aren't sure how. We know there will be happiness but not what it means or effects. So pretty much we have no idea.
What should you do?:
Alright well since we know so little my advice here is going to be largely theoretical. I plan on getting all my skills up to 4.00 before the switch because of the chance that we will get to self allocate (remember low skill levels advance way faster than higher level skills). I think that is a worth while investment if you have the cash reserves to make it happen. I would also suggest you not buy any companies at all since we have no idea what will happen to them. I also would suggest that you don't buy a house because of the likelihood that they will have a durability rating which will make them much worse investments next version.
What should the admins do?:
Be more open about the changes. We are data and numbers folks so I would appreciate some data and numbers because well stories aren't doing it. I also think a clearer time line would be really helpful you could at very least give us an "at earliest" time line.
God that was boring are you finished?
Yeah I am. I hope this info will help some people figure out better ways to take advantage of this economic climate and protect their assets for the coming conversion.
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ZCIA FOR CONGRESS!!!
Good luck Zcia!!!
This is a good article...voted! 🙂
sweet picture of lana's crotch!
yay Z is back
I trained once with Lana, and ended up with such a schmerz in my lower back like you wouldn't believe.
Does anyone know a good eRepublik personal injury attorney?
Agreed Zcia -- good stuff and good luck!
ZCIA For CONGRESS
please state you politics on income taxes.
Idk if I agree with our tax system. I'm not an expert on game mechanics, so I would appreciate it if someone sent me a pm to explain why I'm wrong, but here's the system that I would prefer (the numbers aren't exact, but I would like to adjust the rates in a way that are revenue neutral):
all income taxes at 1%
import taxes on raw materials at 1%
all taxes on hospitals and defense systems at 1%
then high enough VAT taxes on everything else to keep total revenue nuetral, like 35% or something like that (keep the tax revenue the same after adjustments).
here's why:
if you get rid of import taxes on raw materials then the costs of producing the final products will decrease, and we can work with other countries to convince them to reduce import taxes on our goods too.
getting rid of income taxes will help the new players by giving them higher wages, also it will lower labor costs so that prices can go down relative to other countries and our exports will increase.
we should have a VAT tax instead of income tax so that our products will have an advantage abroad and our exports will go up as i said, and our products will have a level playing field at home against other countries with low income taxes.
dey tewk er jerrrrbs!