13-04-2001 09:04									#1
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In the modern age we have Einstein to increase the science in the city, Elvis to increase the luxuries and other guy to increase the taxes.


Does the other guy like Einstein and Elvis some important economost or something similar, or not?

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	13-04-2001 09:44									#2
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I totally agree. Generally he is just called the tax collector, but I definetally think he needs an actual name. How about Adam Smith (but his name is already in the game), or < scratch, scratch > What would be a good name that people would be able to remember?

	13-04-2001 09:48									#3
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Uncle Sam.

	13-04-2001 09:52									#4
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Yes economists aren't so popular for most people. You can note Ford, with was a good economist but a bad humanist, I think.

We had (french) Colbert by example. Look at your history book and at the Economy Nobel Price.

	12-04-2001 22:02									#5
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I think I like Uncle Sam. Hmm. sam, sams, uncle sam, uncle sams...

It would be 1 uncle sam, or two+ sams.

There now, what's the plurlal of elvis?

	12-04-2001 23:13									#7
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I have the perfect one.

Rockefeller

Besides being famous for all his money, and being a famous philanthropist, (had to attone for all the people he had wacked building his empire)

It can be shortened to "Rocks".

"My city had an Elvis and a couple of Rocks."

"I didn't need the extra science or happiness so I used Rocks."


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	12-04-2001 23:32									#8
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I never use tax collectors

perhaps I'm not greedy enough?

for me it just einsteins and elvi

	13-04-2001 00:09									#9
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I call him Count Taxula.

	13-04-2001 00:12									#10
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key factor: rememberability, how well can people remember the name? I don't think I would ever be able to remember that they are called Rockyfellows, or whatever. It is much easier to remember Uncle Sam, or just Sam. I can spell that, and I think most other people will be able to spell that as will, and also:

quote: "I didn't need the extra science or happiness so I used Rocks."

	13-04-2001 00:51									#11
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How about "scum of the earth", or easier to remember "dog feces"?

	13-04-2001 02:15									#12
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	13-04-2001 02:30									#13
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A famous tax collector in legend was the Sherrif of Nottingham, does anybody know his personal name? Guy de Guisborne was a different character wasn't he?

	13-04-2001 02:40									#14
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I actually thought it would be easy to remember one of the richest families of all time, airdrik

But if someone from Idaho didn't recognize it,
1. My age is showing.
or
2. The public school system has gotten worse than I thought.

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	13-04-2001 03:56									#15
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It isn't as much that he isn't all that hard to remember, it is just that his name is too big, and has too many syllables, and, and, and... and Uncle Sam is just easier to remember.

	13-04-2001 09:41									#16
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I have been rather annoyed by the similarity of the tax collector to my appearance ever since the game came out. Microprose never did get me to sign a release. I wonder what lawyer icons look like?

	14-04-2001 09:50									#18
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Money sucking vampire would work for me any time.

Now if we can find a universal character to personify this...

It really has the same meaning as tax collector tho, now that I think of it

	14-04-2001 01:44									#19
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Mad Monk:

You wanted an answer to the actual question? What do you think this is, on-topic??

I don't know if it is intentional, but if you want a famous economist, my best guess is that the tax collector is modeled on Alan Blinder, a professor at Princeton, and Federal Reserve Board chairman, and economic advisor to President Clinton. Do you think the picture fits?

	14-04-2001 02:25									#20
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They are similar.


Do you have a pic of Adam Smith?

	14-04-2001 13:33									#22
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He reminds me a bit of one of the characters from The Godfather. You know - the son of Vito Corleone who was not actually his son at all, but nonetheless still one of the most loyal to the family. The lawyer guy.

	14-04-2001 13:47									#23
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As far as I am concerned the most famous tax collector has to be the Sherrif of Nottingham, namely Prince John, the attempted usurper of King Richard's Throne.

	14-04-2001 17:34									#24
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It should be clear to everybody that the greatest economist of all time is Roman Lajciak.

	14-04-2001 18:11									#25
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Well, it spoils the job/name symmetry, but I actually refer to that guy as Scrooge, since he looks like every representation of Scrooge I've ever seen. Besides, if we call him Ebenezer instead of Scrooge, then they're the three E's! So that's my vote. And isn't nice to know that no tax collector has ever become famous enough to be universally recognizable?

	15-04-2001 02:04									#27
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Be real guys, we are not looking for an econmist, or a business Guru. Surely the taxman is the fiend of every businessman, not friend. Adam Smith or even Bill setag would throw if they were compared with taxmen. Prince John is the most famous taxman, but scrooge (though not a taxman) would also be apt.

	15-04-2001 09:43									#28
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Just call 'em Greenspans!

Al's the raddest economist of all time!

	16-04-2001 23:54									#29
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Uncle Sam would be very rememberable to me. Unfortunately it might be confused with SAM missile batteries.

"I made a sam like you all suggested, but instead of getting more money, I lose 2 coins per turn."

"I changed 3 of my workers to sams but the bombers still beat me. What am I doing wrong?"

	17-04-2001 02:27									#30
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Calling the tax collector a fiend, or count taxula ... No, no .. don't forget you're on the other side of the line in civ, he's a friend and a big one if you ask me. I would call them simply ... taxi's.