Kumnaa - My Cunning Plan!

Day 556, 13:02 • Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom • by Kumnaa

Ok, so you've seen my introduction and now you want to know what kind of awesome I want to bring to the euk. Lets start with domestic issues;

I think we've all agreed there is far too much fluff in the eUK political system and with that in mind I've decided to reduce the number of ministries to three; Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Domestic Affairs. Lets break it down (at this point you should imagine me break dancing).

Ministry of Finance:

This will now be an umbrella ministry encompassing the current Ministry of Finance, Department for Work, and Ministry of Trade. The MoF will look after all domestic financial matters working the money markets, keeping the government companies running, providing loans where necessary and so forth. The MoF, rather than congress, will be the one to decide taxes as he is the one with the budget and the full understanding of what effect any tax changes will have on it. Congress will just be asked to vote yes in game.

Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs:

Over the last couple of months it has become quite clear to me that the current MoD and MoFA are so intertwined that, at the moment, keeping them as seperate ministries is inefficient and possibly dangerous. We need somebody who can monitor the foreign affairs and military operations, making sure neither has a negative impact on the other as has happened often recently.

Ministry of Domestic Affairs:

This will simply there to welcome new citizens and keep people updated on events via articles, as well as moderating the votes of congress on the forums, making sure it runs smoothly. Sorry to make your job sound so small, whoever may get this job if elected.

Now, these ministries will be quite busy so whilst one person will be appointed as 'chief' of each ministery they well actually be run by a team of people to ensure work gets done and gets done well. This should allow many people to get involved in all aspects of government under the guidance of an experienced player.

Constitutional Reform:

Now the house of Lords is a hot topic and for this I will be trying to promote Deilos's proposal (with a couple of amendments), moving a limited number of Lords into congress for joint discussions and simultaneous voting. His proposal can be found here: http://forums.erepublik.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=9145.

Taxes:

Normally its customary for a prospective PM to announce their intentions regarding taxes, however with the current round of tax cuts going through congress (that I'm in favour of) taking almost a month to come into affect theres no way of knowing what state the countries bank balance will be in by the time the elections arrive so I will simply announce that - Taxes might change, they might not, who knows.

I will be back in a few days for my plans for the military and international affairs.