I was very much against the exhorbitant taxes we had way back when. I do not advocate, at all, a return to the old tax system.
However, I'm a firm believer that there needs to be something in place to remove "excess" L$ from the economy.
We don't have enough money sinks to counteract all of the extra money that gets "printed" every time a new member joins (especially if they were referred) or every Tuesday when they "print up" new money to issue stipends & bonuses. (No, I do not advocate removal of stipends and bonuses. I don't think someone should have to "work" in order to participate.)
Not that I really have any good suggestions of ways to do this that I haven't suggested before (with flames resulting, of course.)
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Grim Lupis
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Join date: 11 Jul 2003
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11-12-2004 11:52
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Alby Yellowknife
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
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11-12-2004 11:53
Two Words: Consumption Tax
Make people pay to consume things like teleporting, buying tshirts, etc... As you consume, you pay. |
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Aestival Cohen
half pint half drunk up
Join date: 2 Sep 2004
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11-12-2004 12:18
This reminds me of the Golgafrinchams in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. When they decided to use leaves as currency, they quickly had an inflation problem b/c there were so many trees around. Their solution was to embark on a campaign to burn all the forests.  Exactly!  _____________________
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Xtopherxaos Ixtab
D- in English
Join date: 7 Oct 2004
Posts: 884
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11-12-2004 12:46
Ya mean there's a problem with the L$? Man, I'm outta touch...hope someone fixes it soon.
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Alby Yellowknife
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
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11-12-2004 12:56
Ya mean there's a problem with the L$? Man, I'm outta touch...hope someone fixes it soon. Until there is L$ removed from the economy by LL, its best to grab USDs.. |
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
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11-12-2004 13:00
I'd say it's best to grab euros
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Nephilaine Protagonist
PixelSlinger
Join date: 22 Jul 2003
Posts: 1,693
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11-12-2004 13:03
I would like to see a return to the old pay-per-teleport system in combination with the current hub system.
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
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11-12-2004 13:07
I would love to get the old teleport system back! And AUTO FLIGHT! It was teh shiznat, if you flew high enough to avoid builds and stuff.
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Deklax Fairplay
Black Sun
Join date: 2 Jul 2004
Posts: 357
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11-12-2004 13:10
You don't need extra taxes. It's really not hard and its an answer most every land baron hater should love... increase auction sales in L$, especially large parcels and full sims at least temporarily; pressure buyers to either retain larger sums of money on hand or buy and sell on the exchange (rather than just dumping like most barons do). Either way the money would vanish into Linden holdings or be just as inactive in speculator accounts. Of course, LL would have to forego the direct cash payments on those auctions but as a temporary measure it would be quite easy and get the job done no matter how much of an inbalance there was. But which programmer is going to make the call and decide when its time to happen?
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Drift Monde
Junior Member
Join date: 27 Nov 2003
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Dwell $Sink
11-12-2004 14:29
*edited removed post and moved to the economy section.
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