The Kea
28-05-2005, 07:03
Money Grabbing
The collections of income tax has had a record problems this year, sparking protests of people who lost all their money due to bad calculations.
Validity: Nations with income tax
[option]"Update the income tax system so this won't happen again!" screams @@RANDOMNAME@@, a protester outside your house who is five million dollars in debt because of a government mistake. "Replace those sloppy accountants with computers! And lower the taxes while you're at it!"
[effect]the government tax collection agency has spent billions on a computer system that didn't work
[stats]government size increases, taxes decrease, economy increases
[option]The head of the Internal Money Thieves demands that the computers not be used. "These computers won't work. We've tried them before once, and they started taxing the governments of other countries. Although that might sound like a good thing, the countries demanded their money back with interest."
[effect]people frequently lose their life savings because of the nightmarish tax system
[stats]economy decreases
[option]"The real problem is the complexity of the tax code," shouts @@RANDOMNAME@@, another of the louder protesters. "We need to make a flat tax on everyone, and lower it at the same time. It would also remove the loopholes the rich slip through with their fancy accountants. Of course the poor will starve, but that's their fault for being poor.
[effect]the government demands its pint of blood from even the poorest citizens
[stats]economy increases, taxes decrease, taxes become flat, happiness increases
[option]"All we need to do is raise taxes to 100 percent, and put everyone on welfare," states Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, called "the man of steel" by his supporters. "Then we will make a true government of the people, without the corruption of the bourgeoisie. Only then will men be truly free."
[effect]the government has been taken over by communists
[stats]civil rights decrease, political freedoms decrease, economy decreases, government size increases, taxes increase, social welfare increases, happiness decreases
[option]"We don't want to be communist!" exclaims @@RANDOMNAME@@, yet another protester. "We just need to remove the income tax and replace it with a sales tax on everything. It will be so much easier, and no one will be able to avoid it, except people who buy off the internet."
[effect]nearly everything is bought from the internet to evade taxes
[stats]income taxes are removed, government size decreases, happiness increases
The collections of income tax has had a record problems this year, sparking protests of people who lost all their money due to bad calculations.
Validity: Nations with income tax
[option]"Update the income tax system so this won't happen again!" screams @@RANDOMNAME@@, a protester outside your house who is five million dollars in debt because of a government mistake. "Replace those sloppy accountants with computers! And lower the taxes while you're at it!"
[effect]the government tax collection agency has spent billions on a computer system that didn't work
[stats]government size increases, taxes decrease, economy increases
[option]The head of the Internal Money Thieves demands that the computers not be used. "These computers won't work. We've tried them before once, and they started taxing the governments of other countries. Although that might sound like a good thing, the countries demanded their money back with interest."
[effect]people frequently lose their life savings because of the nightmarish tax system
[stats]economy decreases
[option]"The real problem is the complexity of the tax code," shouts @@RANDOMNAME@@, another of the louder protesters. "We need to make a flat tax on everyone, and lower it at the same time. It would also remove the loopholes the rich slip through with their fancy accountants. Of course the poor will starve, but that's their fault for being poor.
[effect]the government demands its pint of blood from even the poorest citizens
[stats]economy increases, taxes decrease, taxes become flat, happiness increases
[option]"All we need to do is raise taxes to 100 percent, and put everyone on welfare," states Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, called "the man of steel" by his supporters. "Then we will make a true government of the people, without the corruption of the bourgeoisie. Only then will men be truly free."
[effect]the government has been taken over by communists
[stats]civil rights decrease, political freedoms decrease, economy decreases, government size increases, taxes increase, social welfare increases, happiness decreases
[option]"We don't want to be communist!" exclaims @@RANDOMNAME@@, yet another protester. "We just need to remove the income tax and replace it with a sales tax on everything. It will be so much easier, and no one will be able to avoid it, except people who buy off the internet."
[effect]nearly everything is bought from the internet to evade taxes
[stats]income taxes are removed, government size decreases, happiness increases