Re: High tax rates in Vga Planets

From: rmg53668@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ryan M. Grant)

Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:57:18 +0000

eebonar@sn01.sncc.lsu.edu (Dave Bonar) writes:

>In article <1993Jan22.034801.4625@news.acns.nwu.edu>, skrenta@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rich Skrenta) writes...
>>el27166@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (This Space for Rent) writes:
>>> I'm always surprised when I set the tax rate to about 20% in these type
>>> of games and everyone revolts.

>	I always looked on tax rates in games as being basically additions
>to some base rate.  This base rate is just enough to support the most
>basic buerocracy.  You can't change this.  However, what you can do is
>add taxes that take from 0 to 100% of the remaining money from the people.
>Thus, in SimCity you are taxing above and beyond all state and federal taxes;
>in the acient China game mentioned you're taking from 0% to 100% of the
>peoples measly amount of goods left after the huge built in tax is taken.

>Dave Bonar
>eebonar@lsuvax.sncc.lsu.edu

That's a possible explanation for VGAPL, at least, but not SimCity.
Proof of this is that in SimCity you have to fund Police, Fire and
Transportation out of the taxes.  In VGAPL it is a much better argument, but
you still have to build your own defenses and mines/factories.  If
sustinance were taken care of,I would expect that to include the planets
basic (at least) defences.

I support the higher tax rate argument.
- Ryan Grant

References

Re: High tax rates in Vga Planets
el27166@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (This Space for Rent)
Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:55:04 +0000
Re: High tax rates in Vga Planets
skrenta@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rich Skrenta)
Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:48:01 +0000
Re: High tax rates in Vga Planets
eebonar@sn01.sncc.lsu.edu (Dave Bonar)
Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:11:30 +0000