Suggestion - Central Government Bailouts need to be scaled to city population
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:16 am
Currently when a city goes bankrupt two things will happen:
- The current mayor resigns.
- The city is given 200 million from the central government as a bailout.
There is a problem with this bailout and that is that it is not scaled to the city's needs. A very small city that goes bankrupt will receive 200 million which is a huge amount but a big city with a big budget can very quickly burn through 200 million which can lead to repeated bankruptcies in a short time period.
My suggestion is that bailouts be scaled to population.
Not to the city GDP as this can be distorted during a budget crisis (GDP too high due to excessive government spending or too low as the raised taxes and government spending cuts were not enough to stop the budget crisis but enough to decrease GDP sharply).
It also shouldn't be scaled to the city budget, as this would encourage the running up of huge spending in the first place.
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In addition to this a rule should be imposed on the human player - if a human controlled mayor resigns then ALL members of that party should be barred from being put in office until they win a new election. Often when I bankrupt a city I find out that I am still in charge as another member of my party just takes the mayor spot.
- The current mayor resigns.
- The city is given 200 million from the central government as a bailout.
There is a problem with this bailout and that is that it is not scaled to the city's needs. A very small city that goes bankrupt will receive 200 million which is a huge amount but a big city with a big budget can very quickly burn through 200 million which can lead to repeated bankruptcies in a short time period.
My suggestion is that bailouts be scaled to population.
Not to the city GDP as this can be distorted during a budget crisis (GDP too high due to excessive government spending or too low as the raised taxes and government spending cuts were not enough to stop the budget crisis but enough to decrease GDP sharply).
It also shouldn't be scaled to the city budget, as this would encourage the running up of huge spending in the first place.
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In addition to this a rule should be imposed on the human player - if a human controlled mayor resigns then ALL members of that party should be barred from being put in office until they win a new election. Often when I bankrupt a city I find out that I am still in charge as another member of my party just takes the mayor spot.