Clerks and Middle Class Losing Money

[Darkrenown]

First, are you using 1.03b? Pop income was bugged in 1.03. Second, who are you playing as? Pops get money from your export income, with large colonial empire you have a lot of pops to share your export money with.

Never set tariffs negative, they are currently not working right and will not give you pops any money. On the other hand, you can set them to 100% and rake in money without harming your pop's income. Also, minimum wages don't give pops any more money.

Pops should only devolve if they have no money and they are being taxed at over 50%. Prior to 1.03b there was also a bug where pops downgraded when parts of them emigrated.

 

[Darkrenown]

Ok, since I'm assuming all the POPs are actually employed, which means they are getting a steady income

I'm not sure if you know this and just worded it awkwardly, but a pop's income isn't affected by being employed. Your export income is divided up between all your pops. Of course, the more pops that are employed, the higher your export income.

 

[Darkrenown]

Wow, that's news to me that I can harmlessly raise tarriffs to 100%; I suppose that manual I read fed me some bad info.

Well, it's intended to act like the manual says, it just doesn't.

 

[Darkrenown]

Installing my mod too?

 

[Darkrenown]

Don't they only raise the mil of pops with "Free trade" as an issue?

 

[Darkrenown]

It's L-F that cuts import costs, not F-T.

 

[Darkrenown]

Lassez Faire. Although most Lassez Faire parties are also Free Trade.