Sorry for all these posts...(maybe I should just get my own category instead of flooding the general forum area)...
ICAR and money.
First there are some contradictions:
Page 50 of the ICAR rule book mentions raising of taxes...yet, raising taxes is inflation, inflation was mentioned earlier as being unheard of (page 38).
Page 50 mentions money, yet there are no Banks, no stock markets since all money is controlled by the Imperium...
Whats the point of a citizen making money, storing it SOMEWHERE (since there is no bank, and all money are just digits on a card since it dosn't equivalate to a gold standard anymore), and being unable to pofit by it. Since profit cannot exist, since there is no stock market...no buying or selling of goods in order to make money....why would corporations exist at all?
So, I'm a bit confused by this...you are given money, but you can't make money since there is no economy...
I would suggest there be NO money and citizens just have a pay GRADE. If you want something higher than your GRADE..too bad its too expensive for you, and do away with the numbers forever.
But if you want to keep numbers, in a society without an economy, without inflation but WITH taxes...seems really flawed.
Any clarity on this would help! And sorry if this is annoying, I just want the material to be as clear and accurate as possible if I don't bring this up someone will! lol...