NationStates Jolt Archive

God we've got to get better ways (or more effective issues) to control our tax rates.

My ITR reached 30% about 6 months after I started playing (back when there were only 20 different issues) which was incredibly realistic concidering the way I had answered my issues. Most experienced NSers will remember the old "citizens struggle under tax burden" issue.

Then we introduced custom issues, which I might add have been a great improvement to the game. However, all these new issues give us great new ways to spend our budgets (and subsequently raise out tax) but flood the issues line up and drown out the important issues that control tax rates, political freedoms etc.

My tax rate hit 50% around a month ago and I started dismissing all issues waiting for a tax lowering chance. My ITR however has climbed higher and higher and is now sitting above 70%. That’s ridiculous for any nation and I can't do a thing about it and haven’t seen a tax lowering issue in around a year!

What to do, what to do?

Any suggestions for slight game changes?

Our tax is 100%, but in actuality it's 90%. We operate on a unique system, so tax this high doesn't matter.

Back in the 30 issues era, my tax rate hovered around 50%. Now, it's 100%.

However, my other nation (UN type-Anarchy) has a tax rate of 36% on the day this message was posted.

I agree tax is way too mutch... It goes right out of the skies for 1 issue ...Not really realistic

Here are some tax lowering issues but you may have to pick options that you don't really like:

#56, "Give Us Money!" Quoth the Poet - Refusing poets money lowers taxes by about 6 - 8% - Opt. 2

#14 - Military Demands Increased Spending - Refusing to fund the military reduces taxes by 1 - 3% - Opt. 2

#16 - @@MAJOR INDUSTRY@@ Workers Strike! - Firing the Strikers lowers taxes and boosts the economy but also greatly increases crime.

#34 - Don't Puff On Me, Say Non-Smokers - Banning smoking on moral grounds decreases taxes but also reduces civil rights. - Opt. 2

#62 - Oh the Angst - Refusing to fund therapy reduces taxes by 1% - Opt. 2

#71 - Minority Group Demands Language Recognition - Refusing to require bilingualism reduces taxes by 1% - Opt. 1

#76 Suits in Protest - Ignoring requests for a white collar union lowers taxes by 1 - 4% and increases the economy - Opt. 1

#81 - Close Encounters of the Sci-fi Kind - Not funding alien research decreases taxes by 1% - Opt. 3

#83 - High-Speed Monorail Service Promises Connections - Refusing to fund it reduces taxes - Op.t 1

#95 - Painful Prices Paid at the Pump - Drilling for oil decreases taxes by 1%. - Opt. 1

There are probably many others but I've been dismissing a lot because the effects are not readily apparent and I'm tring to achieve a certain UN category.

There are also some to beware of: #101, the Beauty Pagent, as all options increase taxes; the prohibition option on #59, Drunk Driving; and Opt. 3 on #39 Gov't Scandal which says in the language that a tax cut will be given but the actual effect on your nation is a tax increase.