Elections Reminder
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by Al-Iksander
The Party President elections are on Sunday, March 15th. If you are in a party, make sure to vote for a candidate, if for no other reason than the experience gained.
However, I am asking the members of the Democratic Party to vote for me, Al-Iksander, as the new Party President. I want to get the party more active, and I want to get a feel for what the party members think can and will translate from real life Democratic principles into eRepublik.
For all those that want to make a difference, here is the link to the party forum: http://eusforum.com/index.php/board,27.0.html.
Personally, I am pro-ATLANTIS, and am for a strong military. Note, this does not mean that I am for imperialistic wars like the one that got us into our current fiasco.
We need to work with our allies. We need them a lot more than they need us. Remember that.
Now, remember to get out there and vote! Even if it is not for me, it is a vote well placed.
*Eppur Si Muove
And Yet It Moves*
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hey, I voted democrat in RL so I figure I will join your party at least for this election so that I can get experience, but its very unlikely that I stay much longer after that, I plan to be freelance until I want to become a party president or congressman.
oh, and I will vote for you, because I messaged Lauryl this
"Hey, my name is Tim and I am wondering why I should join your party. I am currently unaffiliated with an eParty so if you had to make a persuasive argument outlining the beliefs of the eDemocratic party what would you say?"
she never returned my message, so regardless, I want an active person (such as yourself) to be the leader of the party.
P.s. could you answer the questions I asked her?
@Timrubyflanker: We will do anything we can to help and defend the American populace. To do both, we will increase the number of higher quality hospitals and defense systems, with the latter concentrated in states that are either high in population, or that border hostile foreign nations. This will assist any future war efforts, since citizens will not have to travel as much to find a high quality hospital to fight from, which damages both wallets and wellness. (Case in point, I would love to be in Washington right now, but have to stay in Florida for military obligations).
We will not start an imperialist war, whose sole purpose is to deny another country their freedom. If we are to go to war, it is to support our allies, or it is in some other way justified. Other than that, the only war we should see is war games, and that will only be under strict contracts that give timelines for when the regions will be returned, if conquered.
We will work to regulate the economy, but not to the point of strangulation. The only government-run companies would be weapons companies, and the reasons for that are listed above.
Now for taxes, everyone hates them, but we need them to run the government, and the government-run programs, from creating a national network of hospitals to helping new players keep their health high.
Let me know if there are other issues you want me to address.
do you think we should start building Q5 hospitals in NON-border areas so that we aren't so vulnerable to takeover (portugal-florida)
I did say border OR high population, so that would be possible. Personally, I would love to have the Q5 hospitals in every state. However, that is unlikely, since 1) It would severely damage the constructions market and 2) It costs a lot to create a hospital.
This means we have to consider the priority of the state. If we can afford to splurge a bit, why not put a higher quality hospital in an inland state?
well, see, the thing is, you dont have to be on the border to fight. so we should have all our Q5 hospitals in our innermost protected regions so that they can't get taken over in a war (portugal and PEACE could take florida right now) if that happened, we would be reduced to Q4 hospitals....all able to be attacked by either france or portugal. we should have a Q5 in Iowa, or Kansas to have one that can't be attacked from our borders, and will allow us to fight effective resistance wars if it must come to that.
Our MPP's would be activated, but honestly, I don't know if that would even help considering that Indonesia is in the fight themselves... point still stands though. Q5 Defense on the borders, Q5 hospitals in our innermost regions.
That is a good point. I have heard that the reasons for placing a Q5 hospital with the Q5 defense system in Florida is so that it will increase the population, and therefore the size of the wall there. Unfortunately, when that border region is lost, that means that we lose the hospital as well.
When we get Democratic senators out there, we will push for higher quality hospitals, spread out across the nation. But it seems that for now, they will be concentrated on the higher quality defense systems, to strengthen those regions.
oh, I didnt realize population effected wall size....interesting....however I don't think any "population wall" would remotely help if florida was directly attacked sadly....
If Indo is involved through the alliance system, we are in for a serious battle. Even without them, it will be tough if they decide to swing for Florida.
However, they won't necessarily go for Florida if the do press the advantage. If they don't attack Florida, they will go for a weaker, less defended state. However, they may go for Florida because that will cause a severe loss of morale if Florida is lost, as well as isolating a huge portion of the American population. It wouldn't be a bad idea to get at least one moving ticket, just in case the region you are currently in is taken.
The main thing here, we need weapons. We've been barefisting it for a while, which effectively halves the damage we can deal out.