Painful Decisions
Day 1,203, 15:33
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by Penguin4512
DR. PAIN: HERO OR ZERO?
If I had to make a list of the greatest eSwiss presidents of all time, I wouldn't have a lot of trouble. After all, there haven't been very many great presidents in our time. A "worst eSwiss presidents" list might be a bigger challenge, since there are so many more to choose from.
This month, I will be eagerly waiting to see which one of my lists Dr. Pain will land on. He has the potential to be one of the greatest eSwiss presidents ever, but he's also in a precarious situation that involves balancing two disputing factions.
For the first time in months, we have a president who can really bridge the canyon of mistrust between the Liberals and the Neutrals. We have a president who can consolidate the two banks, reform the financial system, reestablish the army, and restore our dignity. Will Dr. Pain be our Swiss Messiah? Over the following month, I intend to analyze, discuss, and critique every single one of Dr. Pain's decisions.
After all, someone's gotta keep him honest.
ANALYZING THE CABINET
Before you dive into criticisms of Pain's cabinet, you have to know one thing. 50% of choosing a cabinet is about politics. Not only did the doctor have to recognize talent and place it appropriately, he also had to reward the people who supported him. This would probably explain the presence of Clifford in the cabinet.
Now, on to the ministries:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Last month, Xeraes was a huge help in the diplomatic negotiations which led to the liberation of three of our core regions. Reaffirming his position was an important test, of which I am glad to see Dr. Pain passed with flying colors. More importantly, he managed to secure Jelly9473 in our government. Jelly, like Custer with the army, is an extremely capable overseas citizen. He will not be residing in eSwitzerland, but will still provide invaluable service to our government.
Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy
I was pleased to see Migrant as our next MoE. As for Walther and the MoF, I cannot say the same. Unless Dr. Pain intends to change it, the MoF will be responsible for managing the funds. This means that if Dr. Pain wants to bring together to two banks, the PTL will be forced to trust Walther with their money.
Not gonna happen. I consider Walther a genius with eRep economics, but he has an annoying tendency of fabricating certain facts when it works in his interests. I doubt this will be much trouble with an SNP president serving, but given his past many Swiss may have some problems with him handling their cash. Therefore, I think it may have been wiser to switch Walther and Migrant's positions.
Minister of Defence
Not much to say about this one. F4uc0n is loyal, dedicated, and hardworking, and will accomplish a lot in this position. Also, placing him in the cabinet was a nice show of respect... due to an error F4uc0n was not proposed as president. If he had been running, Dr. Pain would have had quite a bit more trouble securing his shiny CP medal.
Minister of Interior
Okay, it sounds bad. Our good friend Clifford Burns is here, who was the main architect of our destruction by vengeful Germans. But think about the facts a little more deeply, and you'll realize that Dr. Pain's move here was pure and utter genius.
1) He has to include Clifford in his cabinet. Clifford is one of the men in charge of the SNP, which proposed him for president. Not placing him in the cabinet would be a slap in the face, and we'd have a lot more time getting his approval for, well, anything.
2) He wants to keep Clifford out of foreign affairs. If Clifford was involved in negotiations, we'd have to fight the whole war again. The MoI is the best way to isolate Clifford from other countries while still keeping him in the cabinet.
3) He needs to make sure Clifford has no authority or power. The Ministry of Interior has one real responsibility, keeping the people informed, up to date, and active. Guess what? Dr. Pain just made a new ministry, which has exactly that job! This way, not only goes Pain have full SNP consent with legislation and unity proposals, but he also makes sure Clifford is out of the way when he gets down to turning our country into a world superpower.
This astonishing display of intelligence by Dr. Pain gives me high hopes about this month. Very high hopes.
Minister of Communication
Well, really, there's not much to say. Vincent's active and hardworking, and placing him in the cabinet is showing the always admired graciousness in victory. Mehmet is a bit more confusing, but since I don't really know him I don't want to jump the gun on commentary. Even if he is useless, Vincent probably won't have too much trouble doing the job for him.
THE FINAL WORD
A cabinet does not define a president. In order for it to work, it must have a wise man at the reins. Dr. Pain has the greatest potential I have ever seen, great enough that I spent time writing this article even though I'm hungry and want to eat dinner.
With great power comes great responsibility, Dr. Pain. They said it in Spiderman, so it must be true.
Rule wisely.
If I had to make a list of the greatest eSwiss presidents of all time, I wouldn't have a lot of trouble. After all, there haven't been very many great presidents in our time. A "worst eSwiss presidents" list might be a bigger challenge, since there are so many more to choose from.
This month, I will be eagerly waiting to see which one of my lists Dr. Pain will land on. He has the potential to be one of the greatest eSwiss presidents ever, but he's also in a precarious situation that involves balancing two disputing factions.
For the first time in months, we have a president who can really bridge the canyon of mistrust between the Liberals and the Neutrals. We have a president who can consolidate the two banks, reform the financial system, reestablish the army, and restore our dignity. Will Dr. Pain be our Swiss Messiah? Over the following month, I intend to analyze, discuss, and critique every single one of Dr. Pain's decisions.
After all, someone's gotta keep him honest.
ANALYZING THE CABINET
Before you dive into criticisms of Pain's cabinet, you have to know one thing. 50% of choosing a cabinet is about politics. Not only did the doctor have to recognize talent and place it appropriately, he also had to reward the people who supported him. This would probably explain the presence of Clifford in the cabinet.
Now, on to the ministries:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Last month, Xeraes was a huge help in the diplomatic negotiations which led to the liberation of three of our core regions. Reaffirming his position was an important test, of which I am glad to see Dr. Pain passed with flying colors. More importantly, he managed to secure Jelly9473 in our government. Jelly, like Custer with the army, is an extremely capable overseas citizen. He will not be residing in eSwitzerland, but will still provide invaluable service to our government.
Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy
I was pleased to see Migrant as our next MoE. As for Walther and the MoF, I cannot say the same. Unless Dr. Pain intends to change it, the MoF will be responsible for managing the funds. This means that if Dr. Pain wants to bring together to two banks, the PTL will be forced to trust Walther with their money.
Not gonna happen. I consider Walther a genius with eRep economics, but he has an annoying tendency of fabricating certain facts when it works in his interests. I doubt this will be much trouble with an SNP president serving, but given his past many Swiss may have some problems with him handling their cash. Therefore, I think it may have been wiser to switch Walther and Migrant's positions.
Minister of Defence
Not much to say about this one. F4uc0n is loyal, dedicated, and hardworking, and will accomplish a lot in this position. Also, placing him in the cabinet was a nice show of respect... due to an error F4uc0n was not proposed as president. If he had been running, Dr. Pain would have had quite a bit more trouble securing his shiny CP medal.
Minister of Interior
Okay, it sounds bad. Our good friend Clifford Burns is here, who was the main architect of our destruction by vengeful Germans. But think about the facts a little more deeply, and you'll realize that Dr. Pain's move here was pure and utter genius.
1) He has to include Clifford in his cabinet. Clifford is one of the men in charge of the SNP, which proposed him for president. Not placing him in the cabinet would be a slap in the face, and we'd have a lot more time getting his approval for, well, anything.
2) He wants to keep Clifford out of foreign affairs. If Clifford was involved in negotiations, we'd have to fight the whole war again. The MoI is the best way to isolate Clifford from other countries while still keeping him in the cabinet.
3) He needs to make sure Clifford has no authority or power. The Ministry of Interior has one real responsibility, keeping the people informed, up to date, and active. Guess what? Dr. Pain just made a new ministry, which has exactly that job! This way, not only goes Pain have full SNP consent with legislation and unity proposals, but he also makes sure Clifford is out of the way when he gets down to turning our country into a world superpower.
This astonishing display of intelligence by Dr. Pain gives me high hopes about this month. Very high hopes.
Minister of Communication
Well, really, there's not much to say. Vincent's active and hardworking, and placing him in the cabinet is showing the always admired graciousness in victory. Mehmet is a bit more confusing, but since I don't really know him I don't want to jump the gun on commentary. Even if he is useless, Vincent probably won't have too much trouble doing the job for him.
THE FINAL WORD
A cabinet does not define a president. In order for it to work, it must have a wise man at the reins. Dr. Pain has the greatest potential I have ever seen, great enough that I spent time writing this article even though I'm hungry and want to eat dinner.
With great power comes great responsibility, Dr. Pain. They said it in Spiderman, so it must be true.
Rule wisely.
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sneaky sneaky penguin denies first
Pengy obviously I am the Swiss Messiah, you guys just aren't screwed enough yet for me to return ; )
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My name, my name, I see my name 😃😃
voted hard because of the MoI part xDD
Teach me how to make analysis like this.
V
I agree on the analysis, but I have one point to add to Clifford's one. Beside the positive points you mentioned, indeed, there is one negative one attributing him the MoI: this post is also supposed to be in charge of the social cohesion. Clifford is polarizing the forces and destroying the Swiss community.
good pun
nuff said
The SNP decided Dr. Pain as Presidential candidate because we want to work together with all Swiss and stop all rivality in the community.
Due to this reason, I am sure you can trust all SNP-members otherwise they would have selected another candidate.
However, if you have any questions I am open to answer them and if somebody has problems with me serving as Financial Minister I would to clarify it in an open talk.
Oh kewl. An analycis about my presidency. I am actually honoured.
thx
Our good friend Clifford Burns is here x
"The SNP decided Dr. Pain as Presidential candidate because we want to work together with all Swiss and stop all rivality in the community."
=> That's what we were trying to do for months in the SLP/SFP but you always refused to do so. What made you change your mind ?
"Due to this reason, I am sure you can trust all SNP-members otherwise they would have selected another candidate."
=> You can trust all PTL members. They choosed me for candidate. 😁
"However, if you have any questions I am open to answer them and if somebody has problems with me serving as Financial Minister I would to clarify it in an open talk."
=> Now we can clarify things in open talks and no more in private message like you always asked in the past about the law started by the SNP ? That's a good thing to know. 🙂
I have a question about that: what do you intend to do with the 1 gold on the SCB account (as it's the only money you can handle) ? Will you invest it ?
F4uc0n, are you open for a merger of SCB and SNB? We are.
Of course you are, the SCB has 1 gold and 0.1 CHF and the SNB has 94.63 gold and 61'614.56 CHF.
And as you are the MoF, you would be the only one who has access to all that money.
Ich war der Schweizer Bundespräsident der jemals Geld in die Schweizer Kassen eingebracht hat und zwar eine Summe von über 1'000 Gold \o/
*gähn* NAUND???? Damals wahr der Wert noch sehr niedrig ausserdem könnte es jeder tun der genug richtiges geld. sorry aber immer nur proaktiv geht selbst bei nem kommunisten nicht. ich habe übringens gevoted weil die cartoons witzig waren .
your article is not objective but show more your political point of view and attitude. you declare all members of the snp with negative statements but all of the opposite politicians with more positive statements. i miss somethings like more personal distance but it seems that you are not able for that. for example it is not understandable why you write positive about f4 whereas f4 often claim in the public to have no experience in the military module. i missing some critic about his selection. or xeraes where failed in the negotiation with france but you write nothing about that. you hide the fails of the opposite politicians but you show only the fails from the snp politicians. and you twisted also the truth. for example has walther rathenau nominated dr.pain and not clifford burns. have unsubbed your newspaper if your objectivity change i will sub maybe in the future.
Excellent article... really excellent! Penguin sure can write cool stuff and smart ones too... congrats!
F4uc0n, the SCB has over 40 000 CHF and more than you have mentioned also. You should take a look at the monetary market there you can find the money.
But you are right, the SCB has less money than the SNB because the Confederation Bank paid for our fighters against Germany and paid investors for buying licenses to Switzerland.
I looked at the MM, I only saw 446.38 CHF owned by the SCB. Where are these 40'000 you're talking about ?
@Sminter
And you, my friend, are banned for multies.
Walther ... "But you are right, the SCB has less money than the SNB because the Confederation Bank paid for our fighters against Germany and paid investors for buying licenses to Switzerland. "
well. which is it...???
did the SCB pay or did Milan pay ???
you cant have it both ways.
and yes... bye bye Cl.... err i mean Sminter.
You only looked at the CHF-Gold-MM. I hope you have enough trust to believe.
Sorry but I don't.
And I looked at both: CHF => gold and gold => CHF
If we are are merging the two banks, we will tranfer 40400CHF to the new bank. That is what I can promise.
And how do you see this new bank ? We can't creat new organizations anymore.
We should use the SCB-cccount due to it is selected as "official organisation". If you have convincing reasons, we could also use the SNB-account.
And the idea is: I send all the SNB money to the SCB account ?
True, F4uc0n. If you want, we can add a deputy financial minister who has also access to the SCB.