Proposal: Taxes and Spending

Create a Rule: Taxes and Returns

During the week, Representatives may propose budget spending priorities. Once each week, the Speaker will post a list of 2 of these proposed budgets, or all of them if less than 2 are proposed. Each Representative can vote on the priority he or she would prefer. Each Representative can only vote for one pending budget plan, and the Speaker will only vote to break a tie between plans.

Once each week, the votes will be tallied by the Speaker and the current budget plan will be announced. At that time, each Planetary System in the Council will be taxed 20 Mega-Credits. New budget proposals will also be announced at that time.

Each Representative can collects returns once each week for his or her planetary system. To determine payoffs for each area, compare the budget preference and current budget figure; collect 3 Mega-Credits for every 10 percent on the lower of the two.

To clarify payoffs: Budgets and planetary preference are listed at 10, 20, 30, and 40, one in each spending area. (Or something similar, as long as they add up to 100%.) If your planet wants defense to be 30%, and the final budget says 40%, you take the lower of the two (30%) and collect 3 MCr for every 10%, in this case 9 MCr. Do this for all for budget areas. With a cost of 20 MCr, you'll almost always come out ahead.

Create a Rule: Government Spending

Government spending is divided among 4 areas: Defense (D), Public Works (W), Reconstruction/Welfare (R), and Industry/Business (I). Each planetary system has its own list of preferences in spending, listed in the planet's description; no two planetary systems can have identical preferences.

Preferences and budget proposals are based on how much of the budget should be spent in a spending area, in increments of 10 percent. No preference or budget can have less than 10 percent in any spending area.

Enacted by Damanor Nov. 28, +15 to Damanor.