Who gets the money?

[Bannorn]

It seems like a bit of a rort, If Liberty, say, wants 1.5billion for a POB licence, there is no way of telling who gets it.
Real governments DO tell the public what is spent on education, hospitals etc. There is absolutely no honesty nor integrity in taking 1.5billion credits and not telling where that went. Behind the scenes players get the credits. Who and how much and why?

Well, personally I think the 1.5b thing was a touch nuts, but each government determines those costs in their own way, with their own votes. The governments decide - in this case, the fee is set and received by Liberty Govt, which uses it as decided by them. Not being a member of the Libgovt I cannot say for certain the exact breakdown of costs and use, but one of the uses for it that is well known is paying out the Liberty Bounty Board. In Rheinland, for example, base fees are largely used to pay for new requests and to equip new shared ships for the law enforcement agencies and so on. Again, each House has their own way of doing it - I believe, and Libgovt members correct me here if I am wrong, but Libgovt has an appointed treasurer that handles it.

As to who is part of that process: the Official Factions. Most House governments are made up of the 1ic/2ic(s) of the Official Lawful factions, and vote on matters accordingly. For Liberty, that's the Liberty lawful OFs: IC, Ageira, USI, LPI, 5th, LN, etc. Their internal interactions both in and out of RP are usually regulated by a set of rules they set themselves for the governance of the House. That governance is then carried out by means of the House Laws.

If your complaint is that its a large sum, well to be honest then don't build a base there - you're not guaranteed the right to do so at any point, look at houses with more easy-going laws, or a payment system that suits your needs. For example, Bretonia offers exemptions on licencing fees, while Rheinland traditionally takes the view of "low start up cost, high fines". Again, each House does things their own way.

Personally I always thought that Liberty's demand for 1.5b in base registrations is excessive, hence why I have not personally built any bases there... at least legally. It is however their right to set those prices, and they will have had their reasons for setting it so high - again, I cannot attest to internals of Libgovt, not being a part of it, but I can say that there are a number of reasons to do so: to lighten the load on law enforcements, or to make it easier/harder to siege new bases, to discourage/encourage people to build bases, yada yada yada.

All that aside: why do you need to know? If you were to ask your real life government what exactly they are doing with your money they'd tell you to go hang or go look at the budget, which itself is never a full statement of where money is sourced nor where exactly it is going. Also, have you tried? Comm the libgovt, you never know they might be more liberal than we thought!

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Remove the SNAC for good

[08.07.2019 03:20:17] =CR=Zulu: Situations like these makes me wish they left me behind in Crayter.