Tax problem

Now that TT mentioned it, it sounds odd to me too. What gives?

You can only spend as much as you can produce.
You are basically making everything as quick as possible and you still have money left over.
With that high a tax rate your morale is going to go down quickly.

Manufacturing capacity matters. Ths is in the manual I believe.

So spending rate is essentially the manufacturing and research capacity you have?

Let me try that last one again. And I reread the manual for the second time in the last 10 minutes (just the paragraph on spending rate) and found out I had missed something.

Spending rate is essentially a percentage of your manufacturing and research capability that you are using. It is not related to tax rate.

Well, but if you max out the spending you should end up haveing nothing left over, right ? Independend of tax rate.
At least it would be nice to be able to spend as much as you get, so you can divert all your income using your distribution scheme.

Let me try a different statement: Your spending is not related to your revenue. They are two seperate and distinct functions.

If your manufacturing and research capabilities are less than your revenue you will always have something left over.

If your manufacturing and research capabilities are more than your revenue you could spend your way into serious debt (and serious trouble with your population).

This is (and was in GC/OS2) a reflection by Brad on the historical revenue management by governments of our world.

The following is from the user's guide in the encyclopedia:

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Spend Rate

The spend rate is what percentage of your manufacturing and technological ability you are using. This is heavily influenced by what types of improvements you have made to your planets. After all, you can put your spend rate to 100% but if you have no factories and other things to actually do the spending, you may not actually end up spending that much.
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It doesn't say it, but the converse is also true. You can spend more than your income if needed to handle an emergency situation. A wise leader plans for emergencies. Having an emergency fund may someday save you from loosing a game.

ahh, oki thanks a lot Lucky, I didn't realize that I'm limited in manufacturing and research other than spending money.
What you say makes perfectly sense when the restriction is not only the money/resources you divert from your income, but also comes from the capability to produce/research, i.e. spend the money.

Oki got it. Thanks a lot.

Cheers,

TT

...wish I had read the encylopedia before posting ....

Thanks a lot,

TT

Your welcome.