Day 3736

Day 3,736, 14:25 • Published in USA Peru • by Hazelrah

Pfeiffer Elected CP - 3% Work Tax - Hungary is out - Jimmy is passed over - SCI Revisited.



It’s wonderful to be back. While the pace of business is not as breakneck as I remember, there are certainly plenty of interesting things to stay abreast of. Here’s the rundown for what I’ve gathered for The Week.



Front page news this week is that Hungary has been removed from Pacifica. Events in the recent war revealed who Pacifica’s dependable allies were and who was more interested in the cash that could be offered. During the CP campaign, President Pfeiffer took time to thank Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Colombia, and our BFFs Poland. Notably, Hungary was left out of the thanks foreshadowing the shifting Alliance.






Pfeiffer (endorsed by the Federalist, Constitution, and American Military parties) was again elected CP, this time by a margin of only 21 votes. He defeated Salty (endorsed by the Socialist Freedom, We The People, and Black Sheep parties). It was difficult to identify any clear differences in the platforms of the candidates. Even the cabinet choices were very similar. While Salty sympathized more with the “lowest taxes possible” contingent, he published his belief in the need for a 5% tax to support the war effort.

Despite having the advantage of not being “evilguy” Pfeiffer, it seems Salty may have had an inadequate grasp on Foreign Affairs, as exposed by Gnilraps below, ultimately leading to his defeat.





This week the Work Tax went from 2% to 5% (Saturday, 2/3) and then down to 3% three days later once the Croatian threat had been neutralized. The current rate of 3% is producing an income just shy of the 400k donation limit. The three days at the rate of 5% was intended to pad the Treasury a bit in case of decreased revenue due to lost regions. The current 3% rate is intended to restore reserve levels increasing our military potential. Gnilraps has proposed a 3-2-1 plan that would lower the taxes further once sooper sekrit reserve targets are met.





Last week, Jimmy Cincinnati was elected Speaker of the House. This week, his inexperience and alleged inability to learn quickly on the job has garnered a proposed vote of No Confidence, though the proposal looks set to fail. To add insult to injury, despite the Speaker of the House typically being given a seat on the Select Committee on Intelligence, Jimmy was passed over for his deputy by President Pfeiffer who cited reasons of National Security. Despite being an unprecedented move, the President clearly has the prerogative per Section 2.3 of the eUS Code which states “The Select Committee on Intelligence shall be staffed by The President. The Committee must include no less than 5 current Congressmen and the CBO Director(s), as well as the Speaker of the House, or Deputy Speaker of the House, or their acceptable representative, if either can not pass security check.”

This led to a brief uproar about Executive authority and a lack of checks and balances on the SCI by Congress. The Socialist Freedom Party in particular feels this was an abuse of power intended to keep them out of the circle of influence. Currently it looks like there will be a temporary suspension of the Constitution and Code to allow a one-time disclosure of current reserve amounts to Congress. A counter-proposal has also been made that eliminates the ability of Congress and the Speaker of the House to request to declassify this information without Executive approval in the future.


Sincerely,