The Argument For Lulz Proposals
Day 681, 09:22
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Published in Australia 
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by Chris Stanwick
Since the inception of Congress, there have been lulz proposals made every month in most countries. Every member of Congress starts their term with two proposals. However, even in nations as active as the United States and the United Kingdom, the proposals of every member of Congress are not used for legitimate changes by the end of the Congressional term.
In this case, some Congress members use their leftover proposals for frivolous or impassable changes such as raising income taxes to 99% or minimum wage to $1000. Everyone knows that these are lulz proposals, made simply to earn an extra experience point by voting. However, there are many citizens, including members of Congress, that become upset by lulz proposals.
Being a member of Congress is often a thankless job. Yes, it does include an extra 20 experience points for achieving the medal and grants five gold, and yes, Congress members do get one experience point for every proposal they vote upon, but being in Congress is not the easy job that some citizens seem to think it is. Being a member of Congress means spending a considerably higher amount of time on eRepublik than before. It means reading at the very least the top 20 news articles every day. It means reading every post made in the Congress board of the forum and trying to understand the economics module, war module, and politics module. It means arguing with other Congress members in favor of your proposals and trying to reach compromise with a group of forty other players. It means receiving hate mail or countless suggestions everyday.
Congress members earn that one experience point they receive for every vote. Why deny them the little extra boost for performing a duty for their nation? As long as these lulz proposals do not pass, they do no one any harm. I encourage members of Congress to use their leftover proposals toward the end of the term as lulz proposals. Get your extra few points; you earned it after a month in Congress.
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Concur!
Still concur after reading it!
interesting perspective.
I totally agree with it. There is no use to waste potential XP points.
i only used one last month :/ could have gotten an extra xp.
Aye. Keeping up with the forums is tiring.
voted
Agree. People should've been doing this from the start.
afraid the Senate Protocol Act (04/09) makes it illegal.
Of course if you go through the procedure correctly you might stand a chance.
Actually, it is not illegal. In fact, the wording just ensures that lulz proposals do not pass.
b) Any proposal made using the eRepublik Congress system that doesn't follow the procedure explicitly as described below, requires all Senators to vote "No" automatically.
You always do it For the lulz.
so you are you saying that i should propose pointless things, too?
Because i have 2 proposals up my sleeve 🙂
Lulz are awesome! Concur
I don't disagree, but don't expect people to agree.
I didn't even like it untill I became a member of Congress, and why? I suppose I'm selfish.
The one thing that no Congressman should EVER use for a lulz proposal is an impeachment. That means that if something actually does come up, then the remaining Congressmen cannot actually impeach the President.
We had this very discussion in Canada. Good points, its all true.
Congressmen should not be rewarded, they should do a service to their country, without any expectation of a reward. (I know they get 5g that most of the pocket)
We want people to serve to help their country, not to pocket rewards and perks.
Aus Askar... your an idiot. these are left over proposals, not proposals that could have been used. It's like saying someone who works for the government shouldn't pick up a dollar if they see it on the side of the road.
If only legitimate proposals are being made, then I imagine it might get a little dull for Congressmen when they log into eRepublik. I would think that the Lulz Proposals would make them log in more often looking for something they can vote No on for an extra experience point. Keep them hooked and they'll keep coming back.
And if it sounds like I am comparing voting to a drug, then yes, voting should be a drug. If going to the polls produced a high then more people would vote. And really? Is that such a bad thing? Oh sure, how good is it to have a bunch of drug addicts voting? Most voters are very ill-informed so it wouldn't make a difference.
lol
> Aus Askar... your an idiot.
Your spelling and grammar would indicate the opposite.
> these are left over proposals, not proposals that could have been used. It's like saying someone who works for the government shouldn't pick up a dollar if they see it on the side of the road.
No, it's like saying a government officials shouldn’t pocket left over printing funds or travel allowances.
> If only legitimate proposals are being made, then I imagine it might get a little dull for Congressmen when they log into eRepublik.
A congressman has plenty of work to do on our official forums, I am speaking from experience.
I have a question, and I'm speaking as someone who is relatively new to the game, so forgive me if it sounds ignorant. Is it possible that some congress members may end up with more ideas for a proposal than the number of proposals they have available? Could it be possible that these members share it among their party lines so that these other members could then propose it themselves thus using up the quota?
Good point Arfman.
"Congressmen should not be rewarded, they should do a service to their country, without any expectation of a reward."
I agree with this, though, we will be rewarded; dispite anyone's personal interest.
My spelling sucks and my grammar is horrendous, I know this. How it affects your idiocy is truly beyond me, however.
>No, it's like saying a government officials shouldn’t pocket left over printing funds or travel allowances.
Wait, we have left over printing funds? Honestly, did you even think about that when you wrote it?
That's what the lolz proposals are, left over. How does leaving them go to waste benefit the country more than using them so our senators get an extra XP or two?
Well, if everyone used their proposals throughout the course of being a senator, it would be an extra 80 experience wouldn't it?
Which would be like 100 exp for being in congress...Even more for countries like the USA.
That is, if they used them all..I'm pretty sure not everyone does.
Stupid proposals also test the system used to shoot them down. Just as long as the proposal isn't 'donate 1000g to myself' I don't mind.
Ben P, would you prefur a "Donate 3 AUD to self"?
Chris--- I used this theory today in South Africa and got quite a rise out of the good ol' boy network down there....
Proposed impeachment of the president a few days before the election.
"hilarity ensues..."
seconded
> Wait, we have left over printing funds? Honestly, did you even think about that when you wrote it?
I thought you were speaking real-life hypothetical, i.e. “A dollar on the side of the road.”
There are no dollars on the side of the road in eRep maybe you should take a leaf from your own book.
I was? Your comment makes no sense.
No, you are too stupid to understand it.