Region Prosperity

[Zakilevo]

I was thinking setting the tax rate at a low percentage should provide some incentives. Regions which had low tax rates for a certain period of time should have just more than the morale increase. Increased unit recruitment for RCs in the region? or slightly higher chances to get RCs of higher quality than regions with high tax rates?

[De-Legro]

I was thinking setting the tax rate at a low percentage should provide some incentives. Regions which had low tax rates for a certain period of time should have just more than the morale increase. Increased unit recruitment for RCs in the region? or slightly higher chances to get RCs of higher quality than regions with high tax rates?

The second one would simply encourage people to lower taxes when they know they want to build more RC's. Lower taxes do offer one significant advantage right now. They are far less likely to spiral out of control compared to regions that are pushing towards the maximum possible tax rate. It takes only a very little disturbance factor to push some regions towards anarchy very quickly.

[Tom]

Rejected.

First, there is already an advantage/incentive: Your people are happier.

Two, it's a neo-liberal legend that doesn't fit to the BM world. Nobles would always try to get as much taxes as they could. Also, there is not that much evidence that lower taxes do have a positive economic effect. Sounds silly if you've listened to too much neo-liberal propaganda, but if you think about it a while, it starts to make sense - the taxes don't vanish, in the end, most of it does end up back in the economy one way or the other. Private profits, on the other hand, very often don't.

[Chenier]

Rejected.

First, there is already an advantage/incentive: Your people are happier.

Two, it's a neo-liberal legend that doesn't fit to the BM world. Nobles would always try to get as much taxes as they could. Also, there is not that much evidence that lower taxes do have a positive economic effect. Sounds silly if you've listened to too much neo-liberal propaganda, but if you think about it a while, it starts to make sense - the taxes don't vanish, in the end, most of it does end up back in the economy one way or the other. Private profits, on the other hand, very often don't.

Hey now, it's obviously in your best interest that the big companies takes your bucks and sends them to fiscal havens! EVERYBODY benefits from the corporations!

;D

[Gustav Kuriga]

Rejected.

First, there is already an advantage/incentive: Your people are happier.

Two, it's a neo-liberal legend that doesn't fit to the BM world. Nobles would always try to get as much taxes as they could. Also, there is not that much evidence that lower taxes do have a positive economic effect. Sounds silly if you've listened to too much neo-liberal propaganda, but if you think about it a while, it starts to make sense - the taxes don't vanish, in the end, most of it does end up back in the economy one way or the other. Private profits, on the other hand, very often don't.

Would like to note that the above is opinion and not necessarily fact. Especially when someone puts the "always" in front of a statement, rendering it false nearly by default.

[Zakilevo]

Can't say 'always' when there is even a slim chance of the event happening.

Also, this is the medieval age we are talking about. Private profits didn't really end up in other countries like what we are seeing now. They didn't have international transactions like we do.