infin for Queensland Senate + general commentary
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by infin
Fellow Australians,
I have served 4 terms as Senator for Queensland now. As my time in the senate matures so does my understanding of politics in eRepublik. The Senate primarily serves two purposes in our country: 1. to fund government policy and 2. to act as a check and balance against any Cabinet which may attempt to usurp the will of the people.
The greatest challenge in politics is to avoid reactionary decisions, to hold our nerve when the going gets tough. A fantastic example of this is when import taxes were decreased across manufacturing industries. The temptation two weeks after these taxes were dropped was to increase them again but the Senate stared this challenge down and Australia, as a result, flourished. In March we enjoyed the largest economic boom experienced for some time as workers poured into the raw materials industry. Tax receipts blossomed and incomes skyrocketed.
As a manufacturing GM myself, I won't say the reform has been easy to endure, but it was also pleasing to see during the recent war for WA that our gifts and weapons supplies remained plentiful - another sign that low import taxes are working for us.
I have valued the much closer working relationship between the Senate and Cabinet, and congratulate my fellow ANP Cabinet members on their part in a solid performance by the Cabinet this month. The major question I have for the Cabinet this term is: how have they learned from the Indonesia debacle and what is the path forward from here. Will the Prime Minister and Cabinet outline a vision for Australia's future?
The push to reform our economy and to stop wasteful practices never ends, our GFCs distort our economy, steal workers from our private sector, and waste taxpayer funds - they need serious review. Curbing waste will enable to Senate keep taxes low and to fund our military operations. NEXT STOP WA!
ANPMAXXXXXX
infin
Senator for Queensland
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Infin4senatez
Infin and I are sometimes at cross-purposes, but I have to admit he is one of the best Senators in eAus.
As I promised to critque any potential Senator's articles, about the only comment I can make here is that there has been a lot of talk about reviewing GFC's (including from me) but not much has been done. Maybe the next Senate can get this done. (This month's Senate hasn't done much of anything that I can see.)
Good luck mate.
In fact, I have come to conclude that the best Senates ARE the ones that do little (i.e. make no new laws/red tape). An effective Senate in eRep focuses its attention on the matters of the game. It is up to the Senate to exert pressure onto the Cabinet to reform its practices or risk the blocking of money supply.
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Wally wilson, you are like a bad smell.
Commenting on everything. Stop.
See how I'm being oppressed by a representative of the party who talks about democracy and free speech.
Discrate1. I'll comment on whatever I like. As long as I'm not trolling, flaming or breaking laws.
I'll comment on your article later.
(I'm being oppressed by the violence inherent in the system!)
I guess that's where the rage comes in...
GL friend!)