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« on: December 09, 2018, 10:05:40 PM »

This thread is intended to be used to handle day to day business, such as:

- requests for budget data
- requests for advisory opinions
- signups for Atlasians interested in GM created potential fantasy Supreme Court cases
- signups for Atlasians interested in being quoted as part of weekly news stories
- signups for Atlasians interested in working for the GM office
- any other non-private request for information
- memoranda issued by the GM
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« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2018, 10:18:57 PM »

When possible would love to see some economic performance indicators for the regional/federal level. 
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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2018, 10:24:18 PM »

I believe the current request list is:

Budget data for Congress
Scoring of Pericles Child Tax Credit
Scoring of Revenue Enhancement bill
Budget data for Fremont
Unemployment data/economic performance data for each Region
Ongoing Chinese treaty negotiations

I will work on putting this together when I can.

I have a schedule mapped out through June, with 7 stories (4 domestic, 3 international) planned each week, but some stories may be dropped or moved depending on my irl schedule. This week I am only publishing 4 stories to try and acclimate.
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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2018, 10:26:36 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2018, 07:41:18 PM »

Thank you, Mr. R! I look forward to working with you and making Valhalla the GM Dept. great again!
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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2018, 01:53:39 PM »

So given the sheer number of duties the Game Engine is responsible for, the current backlog of requests, and the need for an active game engine to make Atlasia more interactive (and also my suffocating real life schedule), I aim to subdivide the duties amongst a few deputies so as to maximize efficiency. While ultimately being responsible for overseeing everything, I think we can really hit a groove with 3 deputies: 1 for writing weekly stories, 1 for doing numbers like budgets, unemployment, GDP, and bill scoring, and 1 for outreach/participation activities. I thank the Senate for being very close to confirming Deputy # 1. For my next step:

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I aim to begin coordinating with Encke prior to confirmation on purely PUBLIC data right now for the budget to try and start chipping away at the backlog. OSRs audit the government bill allows for coordination with 3rd parties on budget matters, so im fairly certain this is lawful as we will only be sharing public numbers until post-confirmarion. This will Hopefully speed up how quickly we can get completed budget numbers for Atlasia, then I think maybe Fremont is next.

Once I have found an outreach deputy I will post again.
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2018, 03:05:19 PM »

I'll participate in Fantasy Supreme Court Cases and I'll give quotes to the newspaper
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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2018, 07:07:38 PM »

I figured I'd announce here too that I just bought a new laptop I pick up tomorrow which should make it easier to do more GM wise. My old one crapped out a few weeks back so I've largely been confined to my phone.
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« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2018, 08:12:31 PM »

Thank you for the appointment! I am pleased to be returning to the GM team.
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« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2018, 09:51:18 PM »

Could we see some budgetary figures for Lincoln?
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« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2019, 11:01:01 AM »
« Edited: January 05, 2019, 11:35:16 AM by Mr. Reactionary »

So some initial Budget Estimates:

- As of now, adjustments made during 2018 led to a $97.645 Billion reduction in the deficit
- The single biggest adjustment was the reduction of foreign military bases by 20% which realized a net budgetary impact of $33.4 Billion
- The single biggest increase in the deficit was $22 Billion in hurricane disaster relief
- The 2018 deficit was - $873.23 Billion
- While GDP/Employment are up for the year and will result in higher revenues coming in that last year (once calculated), the budget deficit remains around $775.5 Billion without that adjustment
- $65.491 Billion in cost reductions; $34.275 Billion in new revenues; - $25.239 Billion in new spending

2019 Budget Adjustments
Eliminated Agricultural Marketing Programs   800,000,000
Eliminated Maritime Subsidies   240,000,000
Eliminated Small Shipyard Grants   18,500,000
Eliminated Catfish Inspection Office   8,000,000
Eliminated Fishing Vessel Buyback Programs   55,000,000
Eliminated Fishing Capital Construction Grants   170,000,000
Eliminated Abandoned Mine Lands Programs   240,000,000
Eliminated Davis-Bacon Contracting Rules   11,000,000,000
Eliminated Minority Contracting Rules   25,000,000
Eliminated Penny   620,000,000
Eliminated Employee Drug Tests   14,000,000
Cuts to Maritime Loan Program   25,000,000
Cap on certain student loans   12,537,000
Digitized prisoner X-Rays   1,300,000
EAJA Reforms   5,000,000
Flood Insurance Reforms   640,000,000
Government Efficiency Act Savings   13,200,000,000
Mining bureaucracy consolidation   3,600,000
Reduced criminal justice costs   432,600,000
VA Privatization   148,850,000
Military Base Reductions   33,400,000,000
Nuclear Weapons Reductions   4,432,000,000
PMN user fee increases   18,432,000
PBGC user fee increases   115,000,000
Immigration user fee increases   221,300,000
New Superfund Taxes   3,791,562,524
New Tar Sands Oil Tax   100,000,000
New NFA Firearms Registrations   50,000,000
Eliminated Royalty Relief Waivers    1,383,800,000
Eliminated Ethanol Blending Rules   7,000,000
FERS Pension Contribution changes   4,200,000,000
Grazing Fee Increase   16,500,000
New Postal Shipping    115,000,000
Commemorative Stamp Program   50,000,000
New Mining Claims subject to royalties   801,250,000
Estate Tax Increase   23,394,000,000
Black Lung Tax Increase   12,000,000
Asset Forefeiture Reform   -119,700,000
Buy-Atlasian Contracting Rules   -2,000,000,000
Mandatory Tampons in federal bathrooms   -2,000,000
Bankruptcy Reforms to Student Loans   -15,000,000
New Immigration Judges   -3,000,000
Tipped Wage Tax Exemption   -1,100,000,000
Hurricane Emergency Funding   -22,000,000,000
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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2019, 10:33:47 PM »
« Edited: January 12, 2019, 01:22:39 AM by Deputy GM Encke »

Here are the Fremont budget numbers (also posted in the budget thread). Will be updated with the gaming/drug taxes soon if I can figure those out.

UPDATE: All done.

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« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2019, 01:24:08 AM »

Forgot to add the more detailed spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ls1tNRgYMFqwRDdPF_MwyMc5CHOOrqzNi5FDlPWEwb4/edit?usp=sharing
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« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2019, 05:15:16 PM »

Just a heads up that I am working on the audit too.
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« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2019, 03:44:36 PM »
« Edited: January 19, 2019, 03:48:17 PM by Mr. Reactionary »

Last summer the GM Office was tasked with conducting an audit of the federal government and identify waste, duplication, and other recommendations to help save money. I will be releasing the audit results Subdepartment by Subdepartment as I find the time to do so. You will find below the results of the GM review of the Subdepartment of Agriculture.

Methodology-wise I have been reviewing the short version (only 500 pages) of the 2017 real life federal budget broken down by Departments. When I finished I checked the real life totals with the vague budget numbers in Atlas from last year. There were noticeable discrepancies:  

Farm Income Stabilization - IRL 2017: $30.804 Billion vs. Atlasia 2018: $16.010 (48% Cut)
Agricultural Research and Services - IRL 2017 $6.339 Billion vs. Atlasia 2018: $4.300 (32% Cut)
Food and Nutrition Assistance - IRL 2017 $106.848 Billion vs. Atlasia 2018: $99.440 Billion (7%)
Conservation and Land Management – IRL 2017 $** vs. Atlasia 2018: $11.780 Billion

So while I would have loved to zero out funding for programs here I hate, the only fair way to apply the necessary adjustments was evenly across all programs. So basically funding for all farm subsidy programs got cut almost in half, general agricultural services got cut almost a third, and food stamps and WIC were cut 7%.

There are a ton of programs here, many of which are probably unknown to everyone but me. If you have any questions about what specific programs are then feel free to ask below. Also ask for specifics on why recommendations were made. This was a lot and is probably going to take 2 posts so I didnt bother with individual reasoning for space and time reasons.

Subdepartment of Agriculture
- Office of Civil Rights - $20 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $20 Million)

-Economic Research Service - $63 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $63 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by half (Savings $32 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by a quarter (Savings $16 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to National Institute for Food and Agriculture (Savings $2 Million)

- Agricultural Statistics Service - $123 Million
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by half (Savings $61 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by a quarter (Savings $31 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to New Subdepartment of Science (Savings $6 Million)

- Agricultural Research Service - $917 Million
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by half (Savings $458 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by a quarter (Savings $229 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to New Subdepartment of Science (Savings $22 Million)

- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - $864 Million
     Recommendation: Transfer to Food and Drug Administration (Savings $24 Million)

- National Institute for Food and Agriculture- $1.152 Billion
   . Ethanol Research - $3 Million
   . Food and Nutrition Research - $526 Million
   . Food and Nutrition Education - $292 Million
   . Agriculture Extension Services - $331 Million
   Recommendation: Eliminate Ethanol Research (Savings $3 Million)
   Recommendation: Reduce Education funding by a tenth (Savings $29 Million)
   Recommendation: Reduce Extension Services funding by a tenth (Savings $33 Million)
   Recommendation: Transfer to New Subdepartment of Science (Savings $4 Million)

- Food Safety and Inspection Service - $677 Million
     Recommendation: Transfer to Food and Drug Administration (Savings $15 Million)

- Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration - $30 Million
     Recommendation: Transfer to Food and Drug Administration (Savings $3 Million)

- Agricultural Marketing Service - $486 Million
   . Perishable Agricultural Commodities Fund - $8 Million
   . Voluntary labels and Grading services - $116 Million
   . Section 32 “Surplus” Purchases - $362 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $486 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Perishable Agricultural Commodities Program (Savings $8 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate voluntary label and grading services (Savings $116 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Section 32 “surplus” purchases (Savings $362 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Section 32 program but transfer 95% of funding to SNAP (Savings $18 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer voluntary label and grading services to Food and Drug Administration (Savings $7 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer Perishable Agricultural Commodities Program to National Mediation Board (Savings $1 Million)

- Risk Management Agency - $3.983 Billion
     Recommendation: Increase shallow-loss price decrease coverage to annual average price fluctuations of 5.1% or greater (Costs $1.481 Billion)
     Recommendation: Cap annual per-customer payouts at $250,000 (Savings $142 Million)
     Recommendation: Means test premium support for farmers with income exceeding $1 million annually (Savings $13 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to Subdepartment of Commerce - $4 Million

- Farm Service Agency - $8.471 Billion
   . State mediation grants - $2 Million
   . Supplemental assistance program - $1 Million
   . Reforestation grants - $0.5 Million
   . Emergency conservation program - $12 Million
   . Grassroots source water protection program - $4 Million
   . Export loan programs - $220 Million
   . Grain silo loans - $13 Million
   . Cotton subsidies - $9 Million
   . Wool subsidies - $16 Million
   . Commodity Credit Corporation loans - $1.038 Billion
   . Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs - $6.726 Billion
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $8.471 Billion)
     Recommendation: Eliminate State mediation grants (Savings $2 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Supplemental assistance program (Savings $1 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Reforestation grants (Savings $0.5 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Emergency conservation program (Savings $12 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Grassroots source water protection program (Savings $4 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Export loan programs (Savings $220 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Grain Silo loans (Savings $13 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Cotton Subsidies (Savings $9 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Wool Subsidies (Savings $16 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Commodity Credit Corporation loans (Savings $1.038 Billion)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs (Savings $6.726 Billion)
     Recommendation: Prohibit farmers from participating in both federal crop insurance and ARC or PLC programs (Savings $3.578 Billion)
     Recommendation: Means test Emergency Conservation Program payments for incomes above $1 Million (Savings $6 Million)
     Recommendation: Cap Emergency Conservation Program payments at $200,000 annually (Savings $8 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce Emergency Conservation Program funding by half (Savings $216 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce Emergency Conservation Program funding by a quarter (Savings $108 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer Farm Service Agency to Subdepartment of Commerce (Savings $14 Million)

- Natural Resources Conservation Service - $2.728 Billion
   . Private Land Conservation programs - $984 Million
   . Farm security and rural investment programs - $1.584 Billion
   . Flood mitigation activities - $101 Million
   . Watershed rehabilitation grants - $55 Million
   . Waterbank program - $2 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $2.728 Billion)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Private Land Conservation programs (Savings $984 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate security and rural investment programs (Savings $1.584 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Flood mitigation activities (Savings $101 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Watershed rehabilitation grants (Savings $55 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Waterbank program (Savings $2 Million)
     Recommendation: Means test Private Land Conservation Program payments for incomes above $1 Million (Savings $47 Million)
     Recommendation: Cap Private Land Conservation Program payments at $200,000 annually (Savings $45 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce Private Land Conservation Program funding by half (Savings $492 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce Private Land Conservation Program funding by a quarter (Savings $246 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to Subdepartment of Interior (Savings $26 Million)

- Office of Rural Development - $372 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $372 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by half (Savings $186 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to Subdepartment of Commerce (Savings $7 Million)

- Rural Housing Service - $857 Million
   . Housing Assistance Grants - $17 Million
   . Multifamily housing program - $22 Million
   . Mutual Housing Grants - $18 Million
   . Rural Community Facilities Program - $22 Million
   . Rural Housing Insurance Fund - $775 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $857 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Housing Assistance Grants (Savings $17 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Multifamily housing program (Savings $22 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Mutual Housing Grants (Savings $18 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Community Facilities Program (Savings $22 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Housing Insurance Fund (Savings $775 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate programs but transfer 95% of funds to Subdepartment of Housing and Urban Development (Savings: $43 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to Subdepartment of Housing and Urban Development (Savings $18 Million)

- Rural Business Cooperative Service - $211 Million
   . Energy Assistance Payments - $10 Million
   . Rural Cooperative Development grants - $27 Million
   . Rural Economic Development Grants - $12 Million
   . Microenterprise investment program - $2 Million
   .  Rural Business Program - $46 Million
   . Intermediary Relending Program - $5 Million
   . Rural Economic Development Loan Program - $0.5 Million
   . Rural Business Investment Program - $2 Million
   . Rural Energy for America Program - $36 Million
   . Biorefinery Assistance Program - $70 Million
   . Rural Development Loan Program - $1 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $211 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Energy Assistance Payments (Savings $10 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Cooperative Development grants (Savings $27 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Economic Development Grants (Savings $12 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Microenterprise investment program (Savings $2 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Business Program (Savings $46 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Intermediary Relending Program (Savings $5 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Economic Development Loan Program (Savings $0.5 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Business Investment Program (Savings $2 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Energy for America Program (Savings $36 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Biorefinery Assistance Program (Savings $70 Million)
     Recommendation: Rural Development Loan Program (Savings $1 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by half (Savings $106 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce funding by a quarter (Savings $53 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to Subdepartment of Commerce (Savings $4 Million)
- Rural Utility Service - $1.296 Billion
   . High Energy Cost Grants - $6 Million
   . Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program - $256 Million
   . Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loan Program - $25 Million
   . Rural Telephone Bank Program - $2 Million
   . Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program - $27 Million
   . Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Program - $979 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $1.296 Billion)
     Recommendation: Eliminate High Energy Cost Grants (Savings $6 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program (Savings $256 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loan Program (Savings $25 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Telephone Bank Program (Savings $2 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program (Savings $27 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Program (Savings $979 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to Subdepartment of Commerce (Savings $ 11 Million)

- Foreign Agriculture Service- $864 Million
   . Market Access Program - $118 Million
   . McGovern-Dole Food program - $97 Million
   . Food for Peace Program - $641 Million
   . PL480 Credits - $8 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate (Savings $864 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Market Access Program (Savings $118 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate McGovern-Dole Food program (Savings $97 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Food for Peace Program (Savings $641 Billion)
     Recommendation: Eliminate PL480 Credits (Savings $8 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate programs but transfer 95% of funds to Agency for International Development (Savings $41 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer food aid programs to Agency for International Development (Savings $24 Million)

- Food and Nutrition Service - $99.370 Billion
   . Administrative costs - $170 Million
   . WIC - $5.896 Billion
   . SNAP - $71.356 Billion
   . 11 Miscellaneous food programs - $21.639 Billion  
   . Commodity Assistance Program - $307 Million
     Recommendation: Eliminate Commodity Assistance Program (Savings $307 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate 11 redundant food programs but transfer 100% of benefit funds to SNAP (Savings $57 Million)
     Recommendation: Require SNAP households that receive lottery winnings exceeding $2,500 in any year to report such winnings as income within 15 days (Savings $6 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate SNAP eligibility on the basis of receiving heating assistance (Savings $1.766 Billion)
     Recommendation: Eliminate SNAP eligibility for unemployed college students (Savings $19 Million)
     Recommendation: Expunge unspent SNAP funds at the beginning of a new benefit period (Savings $9 Million)
     Recommendation: Increase SNAP eligibility from 130% of the poverty line to 150% (Costs $329 Million)
     Recommendation: Increase SNAP eligibility from persons with less than $2,250 in assets to $5,000 in assets (Costs $844 Million)
     Recommendation: Expand SNAP eligibility to felons (Costs $21 Million)
     Recommendation: Cap SNAP households from receiving more than $20 per month in revenue from returned bottles or cans (Savings $2 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate SNAP media and enrollment campaign funding (Savings $73 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate SNAP Performance Bonus Program (Savings $39 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate SNAP Employment and Training Program (Savings $28 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate SNAP Nutrition Education Program (Savings $287 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate SNAP Outreach Grant Program (Savings $23 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate WIC Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program (Savings $18 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to Subdepartment of Health and Human Services (Savings $74 Million)

- Forestry Service -$6.77 Billion
   . National Forest System Administration - $1.588 Billion
   . Forest and Rangeland Research - $385 Million
   . State and Private grants - $360 Million
   . Wildfire Management - $3.433 Billion
   . Range Betterment Program - $2 Million
   . Land acquisition - $123 Million
   . Conservation program - $94 Million
   . Recreation program - $70 Million
   . PILT Transfers to States - $303 Million
   . International Programs - $576 Million
   . Timber Sales - $180 Million in revenue
     Recommendation: Eliminate Forest and Rangeland Research (Savings $385 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate State and Private grants (Savings $360 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Range Betterment Program (Savings $2 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate Conservation program (Savings $94 Million)
     Recommendation: Eliminate International Programs (Savings $576 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce land acquisition by half (Savings $62 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce land acquisition by a quarter (Savings $31 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce recreation spending by a quarter (Savings $18 Million)
     Recommendation: Reduce recreation spending by a tenth (Savings $7 Million)
     Recommendation: Increase timber sales by a tenth (Savings $18 Million)
     Recommendation: Transfer to Subdepartment of Interior (Savings $23 Million)
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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2019, 04:14:35 PM »

If all of the most ambitious recommendations are adopted, this will save $20.431 Billion. If the recommendations for spending increases are also adopted, this will increase spending by $2.675 Billion for a net effect of $17.756 Billion in savings.
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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2019, 03:03:16 AM »

All right, income tax revenues are finally done. The rest of the revenues will hopefully be done tomorrow. These were formulated from the 2016 IRS report, and have been corrected for population growth, Puerto Rico, and change in unemployment since the last budget was costed (without these multipliers, the results come out to 1.648 trillion, which is in line with Truman's estimate from the fall). Total income tax revenue is 1.721 trillion.

The main source of my troubles was determining the proper tax return percentage breakdowns. A shift of a small fraction of a percent causes shifts of several tens of millions of dollars, particularly with regards to the upper brackets. In order to prevent the revenue from being too high compared to last year I was forced to assume a smaller percentage of income earners in the top bracket.
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« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2019, 03:20:43 AM »

Finally, progress!!!
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« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2019, 12:18:03 AM »

It's about time, maybe we can do something now.
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« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2019, 12:27:15 AM »

Corporate tax returns:
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« Reply #20 on: February 26, 2019, 12:39:33 AM »

Payroll taxes (including RRPH Healthcare tax)
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« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2019, 02:15:02 AM »
« Edited: February 26, 2019, 02:57:57 AM by Deputy GM Encke »

Excise taxes/royalties (including changes made in the SB 2018-317, the Revenue Enhancement Act). I see Mr. R has already included the changes from the Mine Time Act and a few other things that Truman had in his numbers (in his post from January 5), so I excluded them from this category.
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« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2019, 02:42:36 AM »
« Edited: February 28, 2019, 07:18:18 PM by Deputy GM Encke »

(reserved; estate tax analysis and various comments on last year's budget will be placed here)

Edit: The numbers themselves are done, I'm still waiting on a few answers from Mr. R about his estate tax numbers, which he published above.

Edit 2: Alright, estate tax numbers:
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« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2019, 12:26:22 PM »

Sorry, been sick and offline for a few days.

I will look for the specific study I used. As far as methodology, I can say because I believe Pericles had been waiting an uncomfortable amount of time to have his bill scored for paygo I just went ahead and relied on a study projecting the revenues from an increase of the estate tax from 35% to 45% using real life numbers. The study was not that old but may have been 2016 or 2017. But I can definitely say the methodology considered real life rather than in game numbers, since we are basically just getting good numbers and while I prefer these new testable numbers to pure bs numbers at the time I felt the need to at least ballpark the estate tax change.

Like i said, I will search for the exact study I relied upon. It was one of those studies of a bunch of different proposals for deficit reduction.
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« Reply #24 on: February 28, 2019, 08:22:48 PM »

Also, to continue with the data dump, the 2019 tax receipts were based off of the in-game GDP.  The in-game calculated value for GDP fell at $18.87 trillion, which compares slightly above real life GDP which is 18.67 trillion for Q3 of 2018.

Current Unemployment Numbers

- Fremont: 4.21% (-0.35% from 7/18)

- Lincoln: 5.01%(-1.15% from 7/18)

- South: 3.99% (-2.23% from 7/18)

-Atlasia: 4.37% (-1.28% from 7/18)

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