Originally Posted by
Deucalion
Haha, Yeah I'd notice that though ;) I figured it out, I think. If all your cities are without food, and you levy a certain amount of food, regardless if it's much more than the upkeep per hour of all your cities together, the game seems to pull that food out as an "advance payment". But then you are still left with zero food, so the cycle just keeps going. The only way I could get it to even out was to get food in all 10 cities at once, and then normal upkeep applies.