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Internal Affairs Program Doesn't Add Up

Day 510, 05:07 • Published in India South Korea

• by Ambrose Didymus

The first press release coming out of the Internal Affairs office made for some interesting reading.

The minister plans to "gift all new comers till they reach wellness 80".

While I applaud the intention of the Minister for Internal Affairs, the cost of such a program is prohibitive and the benefits are questionable.

Let's take a closer look at the proposal:

* All going well, 30 gifts are required to get a new citizen up to 80 wellness
* The cheapest gifts currently available in The New World costs 0.045 gold (a little over 2 INR)
* That means it will cost at least 60 INR to get each new citizen up to 80 wellness

* Over the last week, the government treasury has grown by 110 INR per day on average

* This means, if this program had been in place over the last week, the government could have only afforded to have 5 new citizens involved in this program at a time.....with no money being allocated to military, the purchase of a hospital or any other government programs.

Instead of this government program, this publication would rather see taxes on income and consumer goods lowered so that eIndia's citizens have a better chance of taking care of themselves.

Our republik does not need and certainly cannot afford this kind of program.

Comments

BroodRoosterNL Day 510, 05:22

http://www.erepublik.com/en/organization/1233947

This account says we have about 80.000 INR, which seems to be enough to run this program?

Next to that you say you don't see what this will help? Well, people with high wellness produce more, which means that if every company has employees with a high level of wellness their productivity is a lot higher, which means more products on our market place.

Ambrose Didymus Day 510, 06:22

I'm talking coming up with something that is sustainable.

Sure, you can point to the 80,000 INR in the bank - but that will soon shrink away if you start implementing programs such as this.

Invest that money in long-term military spending objectives (Hospital, Army training exercises etc) not social welfare projects that can be better managed by individuals themselves.

Pr4733k Day 510, 07:06

I agree with Ambrose.
What our indian citizenry needs is not free gifts but a reduction in income tax and a little guidance on what they should do after they join the game to quickly increase their wellness.

srachit Day 510, 07:24

so ambrose you suggest that we just remove the whole dam ministry?

H. S. Dovewatch Day 510, 08:49

There might be a flaw here, but you've come up with no alternative suggestion...

This isn't proper economics, just cynicism...

Mayank Agarwal Day 510, 09:35

I think the program is great but is it being implemented....
its better to use the money in building the country instead of storing it.
if u want to hold on to the money for emergency then instead of keeping it in gold convert it into gifts,weapons etc. by doing so we have more jobs available in the country.

Ambrose Didymus Day 510, 15:31

@Robert - the final paragraph is the alternative. Perhaps you can expand on your opinion why it is cynical to point out flaws? I call it common sense.

@srachit - If this is the only program that the ministry can offer, then yes, it should be removed. But obviously there are other things that can be done to help.

As an example, the job of the internal affairs minister could be to encourage new citizens to join the forums.

Arya Bhatt Day 511, 03:33

Being a 3 month old n00b I feel what eIndia needs is very focused tutorials and guidelines for new citizens.

Learning by your own mistake is fun, but in a game like eRepublik where the initial few days are the most boring, a lot of hand-holding will go a long way.

Here is an idea: How about pairing new comers to gift each other on a regular basis. (Salaries and price of gift will be crucial here). Demand for gifts will go up, which will in turn increase competition and more job opportunities in the industry. But i fell this might be a more cheaper and sustainable model for ensuring high wellness of citizens. With proper taxation even the treasury can make some money out of this.

In the long term, if we can set up a hospital and fairly regular military training exercises we can ensure high wellness for all citizens.

My two paisa

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