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Institute a progressive Wealth Tax

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Thomas Hurt
Future Ventures
#1 - 2013-01-02 20:08:17 UTC
It is well known that EVE has a *Massive* wealth-inequality problem, and a GINI coefficient below that of only the U.S. and Brunei. I propose CCP remedy this by periodically levying a tax on both ISK holdings and the estimated (by average market values) worth of player asset values; these funds could then be spent on free ships for newbies and such, to level out the playing field and give people a fighting chance against the alliance that currently has a stranglehold on Fun in this game.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#2 - 2013-01-02 20:09:39 UTC
Equality? In my EVE?

The Drake is a Lie
Akiyo Mayaki
Perkone
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-01-02 20:11:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Akiyo Mayaki
No. EVE is harsh and cold. Money comes to those who are willing to earn it and power to those who risk everything to claim it. Pirate


You're talking about politics. These exist only in small pockets around New Eden. They are subject only to specific corporations and alliances. There's no such thing as a fixed universal politic.

You can establish your politics and push your agendas in your own corporation all you like.

No
Rath Kelbore
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-01-02 20:11:21 UTC
lol

I plan on living forever.......so far, so good.
Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#5 - 2013-01-02 20:13:20 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
It is well known that EVE has a *Massive* wealth-inequality problem, and a GINI coefficient below that of only the U.S. and Brunei. I propose CCP remedy this by periodically levying a tax on both ISK holdings and the estimated (by average market values) worth of player asset values; these funds could then be spent on free ships for newbies and such, to level out the playing field and give people a fighting chance against the alliance that currently has a stranglehold on Fun in this game.


And i ask you the same question I ask my countrymen in real life when they suggest such things: Why do you feel entitled to stuff IT worked for. Why not work for your own (or in classic EVE style, scam/steal the utter beejesus out of some careless wealthy idiot)? Must everything be handed to everyone with no effort?

Say not to pinko-space-communism.

The question is so ludicrous it must be a troll, but I'd also like to know the answer to the question.
Katherine Jasmone
#6 - 2013-01-02 20:15:00 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
It is well known that EVE has a *Massive* wealth-inequality problem, and a GINI coefficient below that of only the U.S. and Brunei. I propose CCP remedy this by periodically levying a tax on both ISK holdings and the estimated (by average market values) worth of player asset values; these funds could then be spent on free ships for newbies and such, to level out the playing field and give people a fighting chance against the alliance that currently has a stranglehold on Fun in this game.


Mothertrucking commie!

Carebears, Nullbears and CCP, oh my.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#7 - 2013-01-02 20:15:48 UTC
I'd like some of what the OP is smoking.



☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Atticus Lowa
Lowa Corp Industries and Security
#8 - 2013-01-02 20:16:18 UTC
uhh, the difference between eve and real life, is that in eve EVERYONE has a chance to become wealthy
in real life not everyone gets rich, that's why in RL we have progressive taxes to negate the problem.
here its not a problem that cannot be surmounted
Hannah Flex
#9 - 2013-01-02 20:17:18 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
It is well known that EVE has a *Massive* wealth-inequality problem, and a GINI coefficient below that of only the U.S. and Brunei. I propose CCP remedy this by periodically levying a tax on both ISK holdings and the estimated (by average market values) worth of player asset values; these funds could then be spent on free ships for newbies and such, to level out the playing field and give people a fighting chance against the alliance that currently has a stranglehold on Fun in this game.


GET OUTTA MY EVE OBAMA
Randolph Rothstein
whatever corp.
#10 - 2013-01-02 20:17:44 UTC
i support OP untill the point im rich enough to tell him his idea is stupid
Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#11 - 2013-01-02 20:19:35 UTC
Hannah Flex wrote:
Thomas Hurt wrote:
It is well known that EVE has a *Massive* wealth-inequality problem, and a GINI coefficient below that of only the U.S. and Brunei. I propose CCP remedy this by periodically levying a tax on both ISK holdings and the estimated (by average market values) worth of player asset values; these funds could then be spent on free ships for newbies and such, to level out the playing field and give people a fighting chance against the alliance that currently has a stranglehold on Fun in this game.


GET OUTTA MY EVE OBAMA


ROFL

+1
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#12 - 2013-01-02 20:21:33 UTC
Great idea in real life!

If we implement this in EVE, though, I want my very own IRL Rifter.
Mathrin
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2013-01-02 20:25:56 UTC
You can have all my isk if you can figure out all the spreadsheets I use to make said isk. Oh and you have to make them from scratch, and figure what stuff I make isk with, just like everyone else did. We all started out eve poor and found ways to become rich, some moreso than others(looking at you chribba)
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#14 - 2013-01-02 20:28:15 UTC
Sure. If all assets and any corp HQs (and of course the wallets and hangars of those corps) located outside of highsec are beyond the reach of the SpaceIRS.
Scatim Helicon
State War Academy
Caldari State
#15 - 2013-01-02 20:29:58 UTC
Eve's backstory is essentially a gigantic dystopian satire on the horrors of free market capitalism running wild.

Massive wealth inequality and the exploitation that goes with it is the whole point.

Every time you post a WiS thread, Hilmar strangles a kitten.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#16 - 2013-01-02 20:30:42 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
It is well known that EVE has a *Massive* wealth-inequality problem, and a GINI coefficient below that of only the U.S. and Brunei. I propose CCP remedy this by periodically levying a tax on both ISK holdings and the estimated (by average market values) worth of player asset values; these funds could then be spent on free ships for newbies and such, to level out the playing field and give people a fighting chance against the alliance that currently has a stranglehold on Fun in this game.



As an American, you CANNOT tax the Rich more than the Poor. Doncha know ?

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#17 - 2013-01-02 20:49:57 UTC
Scatim Helicon wrote:
Eve's backstory is essentially a gigantic dystopian satire on the horrors of free market capitalism running wild.

Massive wealth inequality and the exploitation that goes with it is the whole point.

Harsh and cold.

Except in highsec.

Triggered by: Wars of Sovless Agression, Bending the Knee, Twisting the Knife, Eating Sov Wheaties, Bombless Bombers, Fizzlesov, Interceptor Fleets, Running Away, GhostTime Vuln, Renters, Bombs, Bubbles ?
Istvaan Shogaatsu
Guiding Hand Social Club
#18 - 2013-01-02 20:55:00 UTC
Well. Newbies already enjoy 95% of the devs' attention, I see nothing wrong with making them a little richer at veterans' expense. Clearly, this fits with CCP's development strategy of attracting newbs with shinies while ****ing veterans in the ***.
Anslo
Scope Works
#19 - 2013-01-02 20:56:09 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Sure. If all assets and any corp HQs (and of course the wallets and hangars of those corps) located outside of highsec are beyond the reach of the SpaceIRS.


Nah.

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Toku Jiang
Jiang Laboratories and Discovery
#20 - 2013-01-02 20:56:25 UTC
Trollalalala lalalala lala
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