My Fellow Citizens,
I need your guidance on how you would like the budget to be handled. Prior to the start of this thread, for term 3 and the beginning of term 4 we have operated under the principle that the Domestic Leader has control of the budget, and there has not been much activity which would require discussion, and no dissent so little obvious need for polling.
Now we're starting to discuss major projects, like rushing 300g worth of workers in outlying areas to move to the inner cities, or 200g in temples for border towns to fight a cultural battle, or upgrading Spears to Muskets at a cost of 80g each. Even with a large treasury, this is starting to get into serious cash.
I'd like to hear some input from the general citizenry on what you think should be done. Should the DL set his/her own threshold for small vs. large, handle the small stuff, and open discussions and polls on the big stuff? Would you feel more comfortable with a set limit in terms of % of the treasury? Should certain types of budget requests be deferred to polls while other types of requests are handled directly?
Please let me know what you think.
I need your guidance on how you would like the budget to be handled. Prior to the start of this thread, for term 3 and the beginning of term 4 we have operated under the principle that the Domestic Leader has control of the budget, and there has not been much activity which would require discussion, and no dissent so little obvious need for polling.
Now we're starting to discuss major projects, like rushing 300g worth of workers in outlying areas to move to the inner cities, or 200g in temples for border towns to fight a cultural battle, or upgrading Spears to Muskets at a cost of 80g each. Even with a large treasury, this is starting to get into serious cash.
I'd like to hear some input from the general citizenry on what you think should be done. Should the DL set his/her own threshold for small vs. large, handle the small stuff, and open discussions and polls on the big stuff? Would you feel more comfortable with a set limit in terms of % of the treasury? Should certain types of budget requests be deferred to polls while other types of requests are handled directly?
Please let me know what you think.