Reading what you posted above shows me two things:
1. If there is no change in the rules, you'll probably never care about contributing to this forums at all.
2. If there is no change in the rules, you'll probably never visit meta or read many threads. In fact, you're thinking to buy merits, which makes me wonder, have you ever read the merit description before?

Where are you since the first time you're here?

I hope you'll continue to be contributive, and not only focus on your translation business.