[Joshua For CP] Real Plans, Real People, Real Progress

Day 2,327, 01:13 Published in Norway Denmark by Joshua Morriseau

So here is what everyone has been waiting for! My plans and policies I will implement with the help and guidance of our Congress should I win the elections. I know its a bit of a read but I believe all of you as voters have the right to know exactly what the intentions are of the CP candidates and not just a few sentences which is why I have written in detail my plans and how I hope they can be accomplished.

Prime Minister's Office:
Prime Minister: taulen
Role and Policies: The role of the Prime Minister's Office is to support the President and the rest of the Government in any way possible. He will be the acting leader in times of my absence and will make executive decisions should that situation occur. As Prime Minister taulen will have a place in the highest office's of Norway and Asgard and will help in the decision making of our policies and give support where and when needed to the other Ministry's. taulen is one of Norway's oldest and most respected politicians and I could not see entering this term without his support, he has been a great asset in Asgard HQ and will continue to help out in Asgard as well.


Ministry of Defence:
Mo😨 BloodTrail
vMo😨 Benevolent Dictator For Life
Role and Policies: The role of the MoD of course is to help plan and coordinate our battles and to coordinate with Asgard and our other allies. Battle Orders will be kept up during this term to ensure we are hitting where its needed most.

Peace With Germark: We recently signed a NAP with Germark which means that front will be closed for us. It will be the new Government's job to ensure this peace is kept. A NAP between Sweden and Lithuania looks like a good possibility to be signed as well which means we will have no open front anymore.

War for Norway: We have two possibility's to give our citizens war which is the UK however I think its best to wait and discuss with Congress and the Government as a whole as to whether we should focus on helping our allies or to try and open up a new front for ourselves. If we wish to open up a front for our own battles and cannot do so I will also look into a possible training war with the Netherlands if that is something we seem interested in at the time. I am not exactly for this but it will depend if our citizens really want to fight in our own battles.

Continuing With a Strong MPP Stack: We will also continue to sign MPP's and keep a strong stack while looking for potential new allies to sign with this term if it seems like a wise choice.


Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
MoFA: Jasper Zuidema
vMoFA: Gustavus Adolphus Magnus
Role and Policies: The MoFA is arguably the most important Ministry in the nation. They help us expand and keep up with our current allies. The MoFA is often in meetings that are on a nation to nation basis. As well the MoFA will have a spot in Asgard HQ. At the beginning of terms congratulation messages and invites to our forums and IRC are sent out to many Heads of States by the vMoFA.

Interviewing Ministers of Foreign Affairs: During this term I would like to ressurect something Jasper started a few terms ago but has since been abandoned. The MoFA Team will be tasked with conducting interviews with other MoFA's around the world whether from allied nations or not. I would like to see one done a week but if we could do more that would be great to. They will help us give a little more insight into our relationships with other nations and help us determine what and where we can improve on.


Ministry of Finance:
MoF: Akashaton
Role and Policies: Akashaton will continue on with his duty of safe guarding and keeping up with our finances. He will be in charge of distributing cash to DNF for CO's and transferring all money for motions that have been passed by Congress. I have a lot of plans this month for the MoF so Akashaton will be very busy.

Collecting Daily Tax Revenue: This past term I managed to secure the return of our Daily Tax Revenue for our regions owned by Finland (16,780cc last month alone.) Akashaton will be keeping daily records of the correct amounts to ensure that everything is accounted for, for the coming month.

Lowering the Work Tax: I believe we have made a very strong move forward by lowering taxes recently (Weapons VAT & Import as well as WRM Import Tax) and I would like to continue with this trend by now focusing on lowering our Work Tax. Our Work Tax currently sits at 2% but I would like to see it lowered to 1%. We have recently won a lot of gold in the tournament and it is something we can afford to do to help out every day hard working Norwegians. Norway does not spend a lot on any social programs to help citizens or hand out supplies so I think it is something we can lower to help out everybody.

Share the Wealth Tax Credit: I would like to introduce a Tax Credit available to Norwegians this term. We have won a substantial amount in the recent tournament and it is not helping anyone by just sitting on it forever. Since it was everybody who spent their hard earned money on buying weapons, food and energy bars on the tournament that helped bring in so much revenue to Norway I would like to help give some of that back. I had the idea of allocating 250cc to every Norwegian who requests it. We need to have some rules and I will look to Congress for help in that matter such as being Norwegian for a certain amount of time (we don't want people coming here just to apply for the Tax Credit.) Currently we have 234 "active" citizens but as we know there not all actually that active. So if everybody was to request the Tax Credit it would cost us 58,500cc. However I am going to judge by more around how many votes are cast around elections which is usually around 60 which would means I believe the cost would be more around 15,000cc. However I believe that a lot of older people and those who have cc and gold already will hopefully not request the Tax Credit. We will need to create an application form for the process as well keep track of everyone who applies and receives their Tax Credit.


Ministry of Immigration:
MoI: Red Beard the Scotman
Role and Policies: The Ministry of Immigration this term will remain an integral part of our nation and Government. The MoI collects all applications and passes it onto Congress for a vote. Only after Congress has approved the application can the applicant have their citizenship granted. The MoI must keep up with all the applications.

Updating the Immigration Info Page: Our Immigration Info Page needs to be drastically updated which will be done this term. As you can see the information is very outdated. It still says we rent regions to Russia and that our MoI is Per Jostein from May of 2013.


Ministry of Education and Solidarity:
MoE&S:Sky 33
vMoE&S: Kaname Darkwind
Role and Policies: The Ministry of Education and Solidarity is very important for our new and younger citizens. They write our tutorials and guides and publish them throughout the term. They help run "The School" on the forums which is where we keep all the tutorials.

Writing Tutorials: Sky 33 has long been a very big help in doing tutorials for our younger citizens and will continue his post this term if I win. He will be away for the first week or so but after that he will be back for the rest of the term. As well he will be supported by Kaname. I asked Kaname to perhaps focus on economic tutorials this term because he is really knowledgeable when it comes to economics and it would be able to help not just younger people starting out but even older citizens who have been hesitant to get involved and active in the economics of the game so far. I know for myself I really only started getting active and involved in that part of the game within the last few months and I waited for so long because I simply just did not really understand it so I would like to make sure others get the same help I did and economic tutorials from Kaname is the first step in achieving that.


Chairman of Congress: Akashaton
Role and Policies: The Chairman of Congress is responsible for welcoming new Congress Members, starting the group thread and maintains progress in law proposals and discussions.

Abolish or Reform: It was recently brought up for discussion in Congress as whether to abolish the position or reform it. I am in favour of reforming it. The CoC needs to make sure that new Congress Members are welcomed immediately and to explain our rules on Immigration first and foremost. As well discussion and vote time need to be watched and to make sure they are locked and shut down at the appropriate times and make sure that only votes casted in the right amount of time are accounted for in the final tally. I believe that we can work to reform the position however if it fails, then I believe we would have no other choice than to move for a vote in abolishing the position.


Chairman of the National Committee: Jasper Zuidema
Role and Policies: The National Committee was something that was started a while back and has mostly continued on ever since. The difference this term is that I have selected one person to spearhead the group and Jasper did an excellent job keeping up so I thought there was no better choice.

Informing Voters: Jasper will work with Representatives from each party to write and release articles before elections that we deem are possibly threatened by PTOers. I think the easiest way to do this is to have each PP have a seat on the National Committee. This way they can all share together if they think they have PTOers in their own party so we can all work together to avoid electing them if possible. The National Committee also works to usually provide a list of all known or possible PTOers and send them to the admins before elections to ensure their votes are not counted, anyone remember CP Ninja? It was exactly what we did to counter his threats and we will continue to do so.

Closing Statement:
Now I know some people have recently gotten together to band against me however all I ask is that you take this information here on my plans for Norway's future and on my experience and what I have done in the past couple months working under Jasper, compare them, and ask yourself who is the better candidate? I care deeply for Norway and for her people. If I didn't I wouldn't be here and I would not have done all the work I have done in the past couple of months. I am the person who can and will get the job done. I am active on our IRC, forums, and in Asgard HQ. My track record on votes and discussions on our forums speaks for itself and shows my activity. Im not somebody who shows up one month and decides I want to become President and votes in a citizenship application, I am someone who has been here working my butt off for nearly a year to better our nation. I am not the type of person who runs for Congress or any other office and abuses the powers it holds by not using them. I am not here for medals or personal gain. My love for Norway runs deep and I hope that you can all see that. Thank you for taking the time to read all of this (if your still reading that is.) 🙂



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