[TTH] Who am I?

Day 3,534, 03:41 • Published in USA USA • by Franklin Stone
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Well, basically -at least in this game- I am nobody.

Back in 2009 when I first joined this game cheating, while you yourself reported others who were cheating, was rampant. When I joined America's population hovered in the neighborhood of 40K+, thousands of whom voted and almost anyone could win Country President. In all honesty, it was the lack of truly combating the rampant cheating that drove citizens away in the beginning. In America's latest Country President election the Unity President supported only by the United States Workers Party was elected by less than 500 citizens out 1633 active citizens. Do I blame the paid for outside eRepublik eUS Forum and their Bully Boy Fight Club tactics? Yes.

As most citizens know I have been many personas. I started this game back in 2009 as Cold Hearted Snake and published the American Patriot newspaper. Back then I hid behind a VPN and with this persona, I joined the fun and ran 3 multis...very profitable I might add. It was only just before I moved to New York that I decided it just was not worth a monthly fee to cheat in a browser game. Then in 2011 came Dru Blood and TRTH HRTZ. With this one, I contacted Admin and ensured that it was acceptable for family members to play via the same IP and was ensured that yes it was acceptable. So my wife created an account but for the life of me I can't remember her name...anyway...from July 2011 until October of 2012 we sent each other help and nothing was said. Then because -IMO- I held a political view against the eUS Forum's policies we were reported and wham we were gone. 2012 is when I created the ill conceived Ichabod Adams -who was a reporter character in a 50's TV show- who ended up becoming Drew Blood, who published Veritas Damno Afficiatis. After much back and forth with Admin we were denied our old characters and my wife created Morgan LaFaye. During this conversation, it was strongly hinted at -but never explicitly stated- that I should use a proxy to move help to my wife. By using a game friend I could as Drew Blood help Morgan LaFaye and it would not be considered cheating. One day during eRepublik Torunment I forgot and shipped my wife 10 Q7 weapons and BAM we got banned.

I bring this up so that America -if they so wish- can go back and read those articles and I believe you will see that I have held the same views concerning the eUS Forum from my first day as an American citizen, that all of my personas have been created as American and none of them have every changed their citizenship. The 'Congressional Majority' is currently composed of 19 citizens -some of whom have defected to the enemy- which is not even half of Congress let alone half of America. Recently they introduced the [Discussion] VAT to 1% and the [Proposal] Lower VAT to 1%, which of course passed. Now almost every member of the Cabal -IMO- are the ones who in days gone by ran military commune companies paying a $1.00 wage to employees for such units as the Ultramarines, USA Special Forces, and the vaunted United States Armed Forces which -I assume- made those members very rich. These are the citizens who will receive the most benefit from a low VAT, those of us with small companies will see virtually no change. Now when 2 of the Top 5 parties have walked out of a 'Dictatorial Meta-Congress' and the quorum which must be met to pass Laws is very low they have decided -much like the real world- to give themselves a raise by cutting the taxes companies pay in Value Added Tax, note also that the Work Tax and Import Tax are also 1%.

Back to who am I? Well, my level is low, my damage is laughable and I have barely left the hanger as an Aviator. I spent a considerable amount of gold -donated to me through the Bank Up 2 Strength Up Program- on Training Centers encouraged by that program which in the current environment is useless. Since Perception Training Centers were still born I am only a Flight Lieutenant and again my damage is virtually non-existent. My one and only free company -which eRepublik will not allow me to sell- has never even opened its doors and I, therefore, pay no taxes. Well, when I buy a product on the market I pay a 1% tax and now because I live in the large town of Albany, New York -ranked 8th in America- I pay a slight amount in taxes. The Tin Hat has sat idle and gathering cobwebs for a very long time and the only political influence I had disappeared when the Socialist Freedom Party, along with their Comrades in The Black Sheep Party, walked out of the 'Meta-Congress' on the eUS Forums. So essential I am nobody.

Two of the Top 5 parties have walked out on the 'meta-government'. A 'meta-government' created and controlled on a forum outside of eRepublik. So my question is, 'Why would you allow a meta-government controlled by 19 citizens continue to donate $400,000 tax dollars to themselves every few days?' As everyone knows only Congress Members can vote on in-game Laws. In the most recent Congressional election, 55 citizens were elected to Congress. Only 19 bothered to sign into 'meta-congress' -one member was counted twice- which is how they set the quorum at 11, which doesn't exist in game rules. 19 out of 20 from the BSP and SFP elected to walk out of Congress. Which means 18 members from the Feds/USWP/WTP did not sign in. 9 of the Feds 15 elected members showed up. 6 of the 13 USWP members and 2 of the 7 from the WTP and 1 member of the BSP also signed in. That is 18 of 35 elected to Congress by the Fed/USWP/WTP Cabal -almost half their elected delegation- that were no shows.

On the eUS Forum, it really doesn't matter if 18 citizens don't show up, however, in the game where it does count it gives the USWP/Fed/WTP voting bloc a 35 to 20 advantage in all voting which does count. So until those numbers change the 'Meta-Cabal' will continue to spend American Taxes on useless training wars, unexplained wars of aggression and conquest or spent for useless meta-government programs such as Arm America, Bank Up 2 Strength Up and funding a third rate National Military Unit while making its commune owners rich. In eRepublik, there are only 6 Laws that as a Congress Member you can propose. You may also granted citizenship to 2 foreigners who wish to migrate to America. IF as a Congress Member you were to obey Meta-Congressional Law a member who proposes in the game one of those 6 laws will at the very least be censured. Grant citizenship to someone not approved by IES, headed by USWP member Wild Owll, they will do everything they can to Blacklist you.

aEssential the Congressional Cabal decides in unity who will be President. They decide which Congressional Laws will be proposed -including donating $400,000 to themselves- and who will be granted citizenship, all from a forum OUTSIDE eRepublik. So, if like myself, you are tired of the Congressional Cabal dictating to America there is one thing as a Congress Member you can do and that is to vote no on all Donation Laws until the Meta-Congress accounts for how much is in and where is our enormous Reserve. However, remember I pointed out that currently, the USWP/Fed/WTP voting bloc has a 35 to 20 in game advantage. In order to improve our disadvantage, the SFP and BSP need the support of the eRepublik Silent Majority of 1000+ citizens who did not vote. Every citizen in America may vote for Country President and Congress and you don't even have to a member of any party.

Since I have always encouraged partaking of all game features at your disposal I want to encourage those 1000+ citizens to join the Revolution and get out the vote!
Help us change to Congressional Dictorial culture!

Tomorrow vote Socialist Freedom Party

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