To put it bluntly, it was the income of a country's government or a region's political power.
It came from all kinds of sources, and it was not like ordinary people who thought that it was just taxes. For example, the business income of government-controlled companies and enterprises. As the supervisors and builders, the railway network and aviation network had to pay more than 20% of their turnover to the government every year.
It did not seem like a lot. This figure was the turnover and not the net profit. After this large amount of expenditure was paid, the annual income and expenditure of the state-owned enterprises would be in the red.
However, the government did not just take this money to save it.
He wanted to hire professionals to maintain and expand the existing railway and transportation network. He also wanted to pay the railway security guards and air cavalry guards. He also wanted to build outlying railway stations and air cavalry stations. He even wanted to consider the expansion and security of the mining town.
Simply put, in principle, the funds paid by the railway and aviation companies would be used in related industries.
This expenditure was said to have reached more than 37% of Vila Nova Dônia's annual budget. It had gone from one-third to one-half of the budget.
This expenditure was necessary for the development of the industry and even the city. It rose crazily every year. Although the income of the enterprises seemed to be an astronomical figure, it was not enough every year. The Vila Nova Dônia government wanted to subsidize it again.
Although the company was responsible for the construction of the railway network, the relevant security, logistics, and maintenance needed to be paid by the government. The construction of the railway network and the town also needed to be paid for. There was also the construction of the roads and power grid infrastructure to the town.
This was basically a bottomless pit, but it was indeed necessary for the maintenance and growth of a city. The amount of investment did not change, but the annual expenditure was frightening.
There was a very complicated calculation formula, and Rorschach did not understand it very well. He was only told that the government would take out a large sum of money every year for the construction and maintenance of the existing projects. These long-term investments could not be stopped midway. In other words, the government would owe a large sum of money every year before it started.
If this sum of money could not be paid, the project would not be as simple as stopping. It would be the so-called unfinished project, which would cause a series of negative effects.
The workers would not be paid and would have to be dismissed. The half-built roads and buildings would be left here, and they would be completely abandoned in a year or two. If they wanted to restart them, they would need a large sum of money for inspections, repairs, and hiring new workers and engineers. Also, considering the losses caused by theft, if the construction stopped for a year and a half, it would not be a joke for the expenditure to double or triple.
Once it stopped, it would cause a change in the entire construction plan, and construction plans were often linked to development plans.
For example, there was a new amusement park in A that had been invested in by several companies and churches. It was expected to be operational in a year. The companies had already hired staff, purchased a series of equipment and appliances, and spent a lot of advertising fees.
There was a certain distance between A and the town. The railway station leading to A was expected to be completed in half a year, and the entire line would be in use within a year.
Now, this station has been temporarily canceled due to lack of funds. The railway has canceled passenger services due to lack of funds, leaving only freight services … We can probably see news of the people involved in the amusement park jumping off a building.
This kind of infrastructure investment seemed slow and expensive, but in fact, it drove the entire region's economy, people's livelihood, and development.
The benefits were long-term, and so were the investments. It might take more than ten years or even decades for the overall balance to be reached. Moreover, the builders themselves had no income.
Naturally, this kind of thing that did not benefit them could only be covered by the government. The newer a city was, the greater the investment in this area, and the more it developed, the more money it owed. This was the reason why Vila Nova Dônia's annual budget was always in the red.
In a way, Rorschach had always admired the Eagle's Crown. It was because of their unusually large investments in this area. When Vila Nova Dônia's expenditure was also unusually large, the Eagle's Crown still donated money (donations) to the government to tide over the difficulties and maintain the huge railway network.
The Eagle's Crown was not the only one who did this.
Education, infrastructure, medical, industrial development, farming, and the establishment of the army were all additional expenditures.
Large investments were required to develop, and large investments required money and resources. The other large churches also continuously donated blood to Vila Nova Dônia, resulting in its prosperous development.
But now …
"Vila Nova Dônia is so weak that it's scary. Everyone is running away."
The departure of the large churches had affected many aspects. After some calculations, Rorschach realized that even if the financial income did not decrease this time, it would still be a huge deficit. It was so huge that …
"… The problem now is not whether or not we have the funds for next year's construction, but whether or not we can afford to pay the interest of the previous loans."
Vila Nova Dônia was about to enter its seventh year, and construction usually took five years. The loans were signed in the same way. Now, they were already paying off the loans and interest when they were building the city. However, there was no one to continue paying for the previous expenditures (the large churches had run away).
It was already a bad debt in the beginning, and now it was even more chaotic. Now that the large churches were about to run away, it was time to collect the debt. Rorschach felt that there was a high chance that a war was about to break out.
The large churches that signed the contract had left, and in the end, this debt would probably fall on the Vila Nova Dônia government and its annual expenditures.
Rorschach's head hurt even more. Just thinking about this debt made Rorschach feel that it would be easier to declare bankruptcy.
But the most crazy thing was that this year's financial income had decreased greatly.
The reason? There were too many reasons, but in the end, it could be attributed to a major event — the Dimensional War.
In a sense, large churches were equivalent to a large number of large enterprises. Since they had their own industries, they would naturally take all the enterprises and factories that they could take with them. In that case, a large decrease in taxes was foreseeable.
Establishing a country at this time also brought about negative effects.
Since they were all one country, it was unreasonable for them to collect taxes on transactions between each other. The taxes on transactions between Cape Town and Vila Nova Dônia were excellent sources of income that increased exponentially every year.
The turmoil in the industries and the adjustment of the tax policy caused a large decrease in the financial income, and this decrease was unstoppable.
"We can collect more taxes. Yes, we can also increase the taxes."
Haha, you want to tear up the things that were signed during the founding ceremony in less than a month? Do you want to start a war between the tribes in the wilderness and Cape Town?
"Not only can we increase the transaction tax, but we can also increase the income tax and consumption tax for the city population. Cape Town's warlords collect fourteen (four out of ten). Is it okay for us to collect thirteen?"
Are the people of the country happy to increase taxes? When the government has just changed and the people's hearts are not stable, do you want us to welcome a riot? Maybe we will increase taxes, but it will definitely not be at a time when all parties are sensitive.
Shaking his head, Rorschach asked the security to take this expert who wanted to increase taxes by two times out. First, they had to check if he was a spy sent by another family, and then check if his doctorate was fake.
"Maybe we can use the old method."
[Are you sure? Not long ago, the whole city went crazy. Financial means can't cure all diseases. What we need now is industry.]
Among the many plans, Rorschach felt that the most reliable one was to list the whole of Vila Nova Dônia on Aishi and make another investment.
But it seemed that Lori's memory of the stock market disaster was very deep. She was almost played to death, so she didn't want to touch this kind of method.
"Industry is indeed right, but if we can't come up with the construction funds next year, our industry will stop. When that happens, we will lose more than just time and money. "
The two of them had different opinions at first. Compared to his sister, Rorschach was obviously more of a risk-taker (death-seeking) spirit.
But soon, the experts gave their feedback.
"It's impossible to get listed. Right now, all the stocks related to Ansorenne are plummeting. Before you can prove that you have the ability to survive the death in ten years, no one will buy the stocks of the New Gods and the Descenders."
Well, there was no need to talk about it. It was simply impossible.
But the situation had reached a dead end. No one could make money out of nothing.
Rorschach's professional ability was not better than the experts'. The experts' suggestions were quickly rejected one by one. It was no wonder that the previous experts (whose opinions had been verified) came up with unreliable solutions. This was a difficult problem that had no solution. Any random answer would be worth the salary.
While Roxia was in a terrible fix, a thought flashed through his mind, and he was overjoyed at the unexpected turn of events.
"Won't the Aishi People invest? Perhaps we can find a new investor. "
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