[Custer4CP] Finish Strong; Cabinet Picks
Day 2,998, 01:05
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by George Armstrong Custer
this is OhFU 2998
Dateline: February 4 2016 (Day 299
Location: Sun City, Arizona
Reporter: OhFU Party President Emeritus "Old Man" Custer
Music: - Tar Sequence from Cool Hand Luke
Editor’s Note: Told ya I was serious. Ready for more shitty rhetoric and hyperbole?
“Shitty rhetoric and hyperbole.”
I guess I’ve heard that enough over the years of writing mostly inflammatory articles, so this week is nothing new. And, as always, when I target bullies, I get bullied right back. Again, par for the course.
**yawn** click. click.
I’ve been watching the Daily Income graph on the Country > Administration > Economy page with great interest since the 15%-18%-Max25% Increases.
It would seem, at a glance, as though the Experts may have been right after all-- lookit all that Big money coming in! Loose math-- every sixth day, a new $Million, which was the Experts’ projection of income. And on the Seventh Day, Congress pays the Budget.
Given the recent Reserves number given, if we don't blow any money on COs, and if half the population doesn't quit or leave the US or start tax dodging, then the first/lowest proposed trigger number could be reached by Daytona 500 weekend.
Don't take that as an enthusiastic endorsement of the Max Tax, but as cautious optimism.
Income is dropping each day since the two-day peak.. but three or five or eight days does not make a trend, and a trend does not equal long term reality.
So we'll see.
So, how ‘bout some of that fancy rhetoric and hyperbole I’m so famous for?
See those two days of Max Tax Max Income? Followed by two days of slightly decreasing income..
See if this scenario might make any sense to ya:
Max Tax. Some people decide to leave the country. They apply for citizenship elsewhere. Takes a day or two, sometimes three.
I know I lost my best employee on Day 2995, so his WAM and Work Tax are part of the slightly lower Day 2996 and every day from now on.
Max Tax. Some people who never otherwise would have, asked their employers to pay them $1 on the books, and gift them the cash.
Max Tax. Some people just stopped doing Work As Manager (WAM).
Max Tax. Some people quit their US based jobs and took jobs based out of Romania, or even Serbia.
Just rhetoric and hyperbole, pay it no mind. Even if you know, first hand, of some of these things happening, it’s just your mind playing tricks on you, and anecdotal evidence doesn’t count anyways.
I’ll look forward to reading your experiences in the Comments, below-- if you can squeeze them in between the hard core shoutdowns and ad homs.
Which brings me to my next little load of fancy rhetoric and hyperbole:
It’s the Attitude
I stopped counting how many times I was admonished in the comments to the last article, that a President doesn’t set taxes, Congress does. And what do I think I would be able to do to influence Congress, with “just” one President’s voice instead of one whole Congressman’s vote? And.. generally, just who the fudge do I think I am, to go wide and loud against those who know better than Americans how America should be run?
Well.. I’m George Armstrong Motherfreaking Custer, and I’ve always had the unmitigated gall to stand up to bullies. Back home they call it being uppity. I guess I just do not know my place.
One remark, made in the comments to Elanaconda’s article, particularly irked me:
Now, let’s skip rehashing yesterday’s argument about being bullsh*tted into supporting a Tax Hike for a War Emergency, then having it turn into a prolonged “rebuild the Reserves” Tax.. hey, it’s a done thing.
But the attitude, man...
It’s like, “so we lied to get what we wanted, so what?”
Really? Really??
That.. that attitude.. the whole “screw the people, we don’t care what they think or what they want” attitude. And making no bones about “by any means necessary,” either.
That whole thing about “it’s their own fault if they don’t have their Companies set up right, they deserve to be taxed into the ground.” Same goes for you 2-clickers, and anyone who doesn’t work in a commune, and anyone who WAMs-- you’re just Tax Cows.
That attitude.
Well, kids… we really don’t have to take it anymore. And if we all get up.. get up right now, go to the window, throw open the window and shout, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!”... it ain’t gonna make one damn bit of difference, ‘cause nobody’s listening.
And if they do hear you, they just. don’t. care.
Well, I hear you, and I care.
This President’s voice in Congress will be your voice.
This President’s voice in the media will be heard, because I hear you.
Custer’s Cabinet
Wait.. the music ran out.
Lalo Schifrin wrote both the soundtrack for Cool Hand Luke and the original Mission Impossible theme!
Okay, now we can continue...
As I said in my previous article, I hope to keepmost many of the current Department heads, and their teams, on the job.
People like Hale26 at Civilian Affairs, and Jaden A. at Media.. why mess with people who are really rockin’ the job?
NSC Co-Chairmen The Dark Knight and Tyler Bubblar? Just fine, I’m sure. I don’t know The Dark Knight, but I’ve worked with Tyler, and I’m sure there’s nothing about how they’re doing the job that I’d require done differently. I’ll let ‘em know if we have a problem.
Secretary of Defense: Hale Kane/patar333 It’s a matter of continuity. We’ll have a couple meetings in our first few days of the new term. If I like what's happening, then rock on. If I don’t, then we’ll make adjustments in either the job being done or in the people doing it.
Mass resignations? I hope not, but, you know, it’s an employer’s market.
And, yeah, some personnel changes..
VP: Gnilraps I’ve heard your objections, and to some degree I agree, but.. I’ll be the President, not him. I have plenty of work for him to do, so he won’t have time to do my job.
Chief of Staff: Rainy Sunday We’ve butted heads a bit in Congress, but that don’t take nothin’ away from the highest respect I have for her. She’s been CoS before, she kicks ass, she’s the only person I even think of when I think Chief of Staff.
Secretary of State: Wild Owl Wow, could there be anyone better suited and more experienced for the job? And, no, this does not mean “The Wild Owl Doctrine” will be in force, it means Wild Owl will be the driving force in redeveloping America’s Doctrine.
Secretary of Treasury: Supernana Quite simply, I like his math and projections better. He’s not clinging to power. He hasn’t been cramming any load of crap down anyone’s throat for years. He’ll put together a team who can set forth a plan to put us all back to work, and present real and reasonable Tax Proposals to Congress.
And, new..
Department of Vox Pop: Vox Pop, or vox populii, is an interview with members of the public. Vox populi is a Latin phrase that literally means "voice of the people".
Through personal interviews, town hall meetings and polls, the Custer Administration will hear what America has to say.
I haven’t decided yet who’s gonna head this up. Maybe someone I’ve worked with in Media. Maybe a former President. I’ll work on it.
A good new CEO doesn’t automatically trash the whole top level of management, He brings in a few key people, and learns how best to work with the rest while putting his own brand on the company.
eAmerica, Inc.
CEO: George Armstrong Custer
Board of Directors: A Great Cabinet
Majority Stockholders: You
So, look, here’s the plan.
February can come and go and look like so many past months of.. well..
Or we can start laying some foundation for our future.
We can start rebuilding our government into one that listens to you, and strives to make this country a sum total of its people, not its people a merely sum total of revenues.
We’ll look at our current stagnation, and find a balance between “playing it safe” and “breaking the bank.” Real War is supposed to stimulate the Economy, so you can produce Food and Weapons for a profit, because they’ll be needed to fight a good war. War needs people to Work as many times a day as they can-- yes, to pay Taxes, but primarily to be able to buy more and hire more and produce more.
We’ll look at our place in the world’s power game, and if we need to do a little bit of shuffling.. or a lot.. then we will. Wild Owl won’t be working on peace at the price of boredom, he’ll be exploring ways to make enough War and enough Peace so we’ll actually have a game to play again.
Fixing what’s been so wrong for so long don’t come fast, or easy. You know it don’t come easy.
But it’s got to start somewhere.
It can start now, if you want it to.
George Armstrong "F-Bomb" Custer
Shout It a Lot!
[Custer4CP] Finish Strong; Cabinet Picks
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2580969/1/20
Now With EVEN MORE Rhetoric and Hyperbole!
:::
900 readers know that Old Farts make great Presidents.
We’re Gonna Stand Up for Ourselves in February!
[Custer4CP] Finish Strong; Cabinet Picks
Dateline: February 4 2016 (Day 299
😎
Location: Sun City, Arizona
Reporter: OhFU Party President Emeritus "Old Man" Custer
Music: - Tar Sequence from Cool Hand Luke
Editor’s Note: Told ya I was serious. Ready for more shitty rhetoric and hyperbole?
“Shitty rhetoric and hyperbole.”
I guess I’ve heard that enough over the years of writing mostly inflammatory articles, so this week is nothing new. And, as always, when I target bullies, I get bullied right back. Again, par for the course.
**yawn** click. click.
I’ve been watching the Daily Income graph on the Country > Administration > Economy page with great interest since the 15%-18%-Max25% Increases.
screenshot at approx 21:30 Day 2997
It would seem, at a glance, as though the Experts may have been right after all-- lookit all that Big money coming in! Loose math-- every sixth day, a new $Million, which was the Experts’ projection of income. And on the Seventh Day, Congress pays the Budget.
Given the recent Reserves number given, if we don't blow any money on COs, and if half the population doesn't quit or leave the US or start tax dodging, then the first/lowest proposed trigger number could be reached by Daytona 500 weekend.
Don't take that as an enthusiastic endorsement of the Max Tax, but as cautious optimism.
Income is dropping each day since the two-day peak.. but three or five or eight days does not make a trend, and a trend does not equal long term reality.
So we'll see.
So, how ‘bout some of that fancy rhetoric and hyperbole I’m so famous for?
See those two days of Max Tax Max Income? Followed by two days of slightly decreasing income..
See if this scenario might make any sense to ya:
Max Tax. Some people decide to leave the country. They apply for citizenship elsewhere. Takes a day or two, sometimes three.
I know I lost my best employee on Day 2995, so his WAM and Work Tax are part of the slightly lower Day 2996 and every day from now on.
Max Tax. Some people who never otherwise would have, asked their employers to pay them $1 on the books, and gift them the cash.
Max Tax. Some people just stopped doing Work As Manager (WAM).
Max Tax. Some people quit their US based jobs and took jobs based out of Romania, or even Serbia.
Just rhetoric and hyperbole, pay it no mind. Even if you know, first hand, of some of these things happening, it’s just your mind playing tricks on you, and anecdotal evidence doesn’t count anyways.
I’ll look forward to reading your experiences in the Comments, below-- if you can squeeze them in between the hard core shoutdowns and ad homs.
Which brings me to my next little load of fancy rhetoric and hyperbole:
It’s the Attitude
I stopped counting how many times I was admonished in the comments to the last article, that a President doesn’t set taxes, Congress does. And what do I think I would be able to do to influence Congress, with “just” one President’s voice instead of one whole Congressman’s vote? And.. generally, just who the fudge do I think I am, to go wide and loud against those who know better than Americans how America should be run?
Well.. I’m George Armstrong Motherfreaking Custer, and I’ve always had the unmitigated gall to stand up to bullies. Back home they call it being uppity. I guess I just do not know my place.
One remark, made in the comments to Elanaconda’s article, particularly irked me:
Now, let’s skip rehashing yesterday’s argument about being bullsh*tted into supporting a Tax Hike for a War Emergency, then having it turn into a prolonged “rebuild the Reserves” Tax.. hey, it’s a done thing.
But the attitude, man...
It’s like, “so we lied to get what we wanted, so what?”
Really? Really??
That.. that attitude.. the whole “screw the people, we don’t care what they think or what they want” attitude. And making no bones about “by any means necessary,” either.
That whole thing about “it’s their own fault if they don’t have their Companies set up right, they deserve to be taxed into the ground.” Same goes for you 2-clickers, and anyone who doesn’t work in a commune, and anyone who WAMs-- you’re just Tax Cows.
That attitude.
Well, kids… we really don’t have to take it anymore. And if we all get up.. get up right now, go to the window, throw open the window and shout, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!”... it ain’t gonna make one damn bit of difference, ‘cause nobody’s listening.
And if they do hear you, they just. don’t. care.
Yeah, that attitude.
Well, I hear you, and I care.
This President’s voice in Congress will be your voice.
This President’s voice in the media will be heard, because I hear you.
Custer’s Cabinet
Wait.. the music ran out.
Lalo Schifrin wrote both the soundtrack for Cool Hand Luke and the original Mission Impossible theme!
Okay, now we can continue...
As I said in my previous article, I hope to keep
People like Hale26 at Civilian Affairs, and Jaden A. at Media.. why mess with people who are really rockin’ the job?
NSC Co-Chairmen The Dark Knight and Tyler Bubblar? Just fine, I’m sure. I don’t know The Dark Knight, but I’ve worked with Tyler, and I’m sure there’s nothing about how they’re doing the job that I’d require done differently. I’ll let ‘em know if we have a problem.
Secretary of Defense: Hale Kane/patar333 It’s a matter of continuity. We’ll have a couple meetings in our first few days of the new term. If I like what's happening, then rock on. If I don’t, then we’ll make adjustments in either the job being done or in the people doing it.
Mass resignations? I hope not, but, you know, it’s an employer’s market.
And, yeah, some personnel changes..
VP: Gnilraps I’ve heard your objections, and to some degree I agree, but.. I’ll be the President, not him. I have plenty of work for him to do, so he won’t have time to do my job.
Chief of Staff: Rainy Sunday We’ve butted heads a bit in Congress, but that don’t take nothin’ away from the highest respect I have for her. She’s been CoS before, she kicks ass, she’s the only person I even think of when I think Chief of Staff.
Secretary of State: Wild Owl Wow, could there be anyone better suited and more experienced for the job? And, no, this does not mean “The Wild Owl Doctrine” will be in force, it means Wild Owl will be the driving force in redeveloping America’s Doctrine.
Secretary of Treasury: Supernana Quite simply, I like his math and projections better. He’s not clinging to power. He hasn’t been cramming any load of crap down anyone’s throat for years. He’ll put together a team who can set forth a plan to put us all back to work, and present real and reasonable Tax Proposals to Congress.
And, new..
Department of Vox Pop: Vox Pop, or vox populii, is an interview with members of the public. Vox populi is a Latin phrase that literally means "voice of the people".
Through personal interviews, town hall meetings and polls, the Custer Administration will hear what America has to say.
I haven’t decided yet who’s gonna head this up. Maybe someone I’ve worked with in Media. Maybe a former President. I’ll work on it.
A good new CEO doesn’t automatically trash the whole top level of management, He brings in a few key people, and learns how best to work with the rest while putting his own brand on the company.
eAmerica, Inc.
CEO: George Armstrong Custer
Board of Directors: A Great Cabinet
Majority Stockholders: You
So, look, here’s the plan.
February can come and go and look like so many past months of.. well..
Or we can start laying some foundation for our future.
We can start rebuilding our government into one that listens to you, and strives to make this country a sum total of its people, not its people a merely sum total of revenues.
We’ll look at our current stagnation, and find a balance between “playing it safe” and “breaking the bank.” Real War is supposed to stimulate the Economy, so you can produce Food and Weapons for a profit, because they’ll be needed to fight a good war. War needs people to Work as many times a day as they can-- yes, to pay Taxes, but primarily to be able to buy more and hire more and produce more.
We’ll look at our place in the world’s power game, and if we need to do a little bit of shuffling.. or a lot.. then we will. Wild Owl won’t be working on peace at the price of boredom, he’ll be exploring ways to make enough War and enough Peace so we’ll actually have a game to play again.
Fixing what’s been so wrong for so long don’t come fast, or easy. You know it don’t come easy.
But it’s got to start somewhere.
It can start now, if you want it to.
George Armstrong "F-Bomb" Custer
Shout It a Lot!
[Custer4CP] Finish Strong; Cabinet Picks
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2580969/1/20
Now With EVEN MORE Rhetoric and Hyperbole!
:::
900 readers know that Old Farts make great Presidents.
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eAmerica, Inc.
CEO: George Armstrong Custer
Board of Directors: A Great Cabinet
Majority Stockholders: You
Isn't Hale Kane and patar333 the same person?
Believe you're right. That is just one of many reason I hate the eUSA Forum, they do not require you use your in game name on their forum.
Why is that an issue for you? The forum houses multiple games.
I am not addressing those who are there only for the other parts of the forum, but one of the requirements for access to the eRepublik sub forums should be using the same name in game as they use on the sub forums.
Why?
So we know who does what in Congress.
He's in WTP, so I assumed it was Oblige.
Yes, the same person. My original name was patar333, I use it on IRC now as its too big of a hassle to put a space between "Hale" and "Kane" 😛 As for forums, I stuck with my original name I created years back 😛
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Wild Owl actually agreed to be your Secretary of State?
he's always been somewhat a visionary.
unlike other second tier Potus candidates in the past, I'm not out to turn the country upside down to make the game fun.
I'm out to get us off the bad track and onto a good one-- if we have to go down to the steel foundry and make the damn rails ourselves.
So...that's a yes? As in, you asked him and he sai😛 Yes.
yes, definitely, Wild Owl passed my extensive interview process.
Will he be returning to the US or retaining his Latvian citizenship if you're elected?
If you're going to accuse me of lying, at least include a screenshot of where I lied about my argument. But I didn't. So you can't.
I am not going to dig through that nine page thread to find and screen shot every instance where you and others misrepresented the immediate need for that added increase.
I disagree with your premise and I find the fact that you're not even producing one example is dubious.
You should give all your supporters hats.
you probably own stock in RJ Reynolds.
Thank you for smoking.
I was thinking aluminum foil.
Max Tax. Jasher just stopped doing Work As Manager (WAM).
I remember when you quit 😮
don't we all quit daily?
Custer for CP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
btw, i live for Rhetoric and Hyperbole
one of the hotheads in Congress recently said that about me.
been hearing it for years.
I'm finally taking a liking to it.
Haill CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Hail Communism!
lol CP have no say on taxes but he has full control over the money. they collect it you return it if their obstinate.
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I'd vote for you
one click is all it takes.
Pretty compelling article here, while my vote will go elsewhere you seem to have a interesting balance of policy and cabinet. Good Luck.
An inside peek at my opinion of "taxes":
I haven't paid eIncome tax or any other tax that can be gotten around via game mechanics for over 5 years.
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Way back, I mean W-A-Y back when you paid tax to move income out of your grain companies (assuming your food factory bought the grain from them) into your personal account the "common" dodge was to buy extremely over inflated gold from your personal account listed on the monetary market. i.e. To move 100,000cc your personal account would put 1 gold on sale at 1g = 1,000,000cc, then the company account would buy 0.1 gold from your main account. There was no tax on gold purchase. When the company had several gold you'd sell at the regular market value and start over.
But you say dill, that sounds crooked. Why would you cheat the eGovt that way? Well, for starters this is a game and I was following legal game rules of that time. Everyone that had "stuff" back then did the very same. If you didn't then you were a looser in the econ mod. It would be like trying to be a "tank" without training. All you had to do was look at the last page or two of the gold for sale. There are still several, some of the current proponents of max tax too, that are still heavy into the government.
I haven't made more than 1cc on the books for years and ran a community that paid in Q7 not cc. I WaMed a lot to supply my weapons factory so I was forced to pay VAT on that. Still I paid my guys way more in tanks than I could have in cc.
Today I make cc the easy way, selling packs & stashes. No amount of strategy can compare to spending $11 USD to get 60k cc.
Bottom line is that I've always supported my various governments, MUs, programs and friends with DIRECT DONATIONS with cc, gold, tanks and food. Cuts out the middle man and eliminates the possibility or corruption. 🙂
I voted Custer out of irony