What's Congress Up To?

Day 1,725, 09:17 • Published in Canada USA • by Derphoof


The Economy

Well, the big issue in Congress and in the game at large right now seems to center around the economy. Recently the admins burned the economy to the ground by adding Q7 companies to the mix. Wages have dropped and profits are slim for the companies in question. As such, the government accounts are slimming as taxes bring in less and less revenue. So the government is looking to take steps to keep the country afloat and away from bankruptcy.


Plato as he burns the Economy to the ground

Things That Have Been Done Or Proposed For The Economy:

Jacobi has vetoed any and all MU Building funding for the time being

ppdanny has proposed raising the income tax from 10% to 20%

If my memory proves right, I believe there was a proposal to cut MU funding to 80% for the time being.

Crisfire even brought up the interesting possibility of MU’s being self sufficent and cutting all funding to them. In this way taxes could be lessened to the lowest possible level as we only have to fund MPP’s and such.

So in conclusion, various ideas are being thrown around on the topic. Hopefully by the next article, we will have a solution to our current dilemma.


The Ambassador Corps

Another hot point of debate is the revival of the Ambassador Corps. While others may deem it unnecessary to have such a group, Jacobi feels it is a nice addition to FA and has proposed to bring it back. The ambassadors would be assigned to nations and would have to create a report about that nation on a bi weekly basis. However the biggest point of contention is the proposal in which the ambassadors are paid 500cc if they have been deemed to have satisfactory performance.

The proposal has reached a vote and is currently in favor of turning down the proposal.


More Forum Junk



Tyrael Snow has decided to put forth motions to get rid of the MU Building Act, The Mentor Corps and the Ambassador Corps. One interesting side-note is that while Jacobi is trying to revitalize the Ambassadors, his VP is trying to get rid of it.


Random Forum Votes!


Well... not quite

ppdanny has also brought forth a motion to re-ban Rolo from the forums and IRC. The results? The ban has been resoundingly opposed. Every vote at the moment happens to be “No” except for the lone “Abstain” in the group at this time

A motion was also brought forth by Crisfire to remove the Speaker of Congress. The voting is currently in favor of removal but has not yet reached quorum.


Now For Something Completely Different: A Commentary



“On day 1,724, the Wright brothers invent the Kitty Hawk 2, built entirely out of Olive Garden bread sticks stuck together by money.”-Tyrael Snow

That quote pretty much sums it up nicely! Basically, you can attack anyone that does not border you. Oh, except it cost an ungodly amount of money and food (Why? No one knows). Oh ,and you can’t gain from region bonuses. Oh, and to top it all off, its only available until day 1732.

So why the hell would anyone want to commence an airstrike? Well sir, that is a very good question. I have absolutely no idea. It sounds ludicrous! The only reason I can think of would be to harass small nations and conquer them simply because you can, or to establish a world-wide empire (Lookin at you Serbia). Otherwise, there’s really nothing to gain by doing this. I suspect its just Plato’s new attempt to get you to buy and spend gold during more wars and stuff.