Some Terrbl Populism Here
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Stranger Here Myself
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My initiative "Occupy the Capitol" might have had little impact on the final results, however I have some good & bad news for those wanting the insane tax plan repealed.
First, two out of the three congressmen voting against the EC's proposal to disarm America managed to keep the seats. Congratulations to Colin Lantrip and Heero Blaze! Jan the Mosby also joined them in the Congress.
Unfortunately, many opponents of the legalized robbery failed to grab a seat. Devoid, Joe DaSmoe, stephen s, Dusty Haynes and DXJack will not be in Congress this term.
Regarding those responsible for this Ponzi Scheme for a tax plan:
Leroy Combs, Vanek26, Eli Crownover, Aersidius, Kell Draygo, SGTRock, DanielCD* and Jon Konning all managed to grab a seat.
*DanielCD has recently contacted me stating taxes were not his 'main concern' and confirming his willingness to 're-enter the debate' if further arguments are presented.
At the same time Evry, DrummerMike, ProjectPsion, Dru Blood, BoxofAids, Thanatos the Great, and Yume Shinnyuusha did (fortunately) not.
Although Dan Wang also won in Utah, admin's regular check for multies costed him his seat later on.
Unfortunately, the majority of the candidates did not bother to take a position on what is probably one of the most important responsibilities of the Congress: taxation policy.
What we can do now is:
- keeping the issue on the agenda
- supporting congressmen willing to fight for us
- putting the whole delusional concept under further scrutiny
- point ot the failure of the EC's expectations/promises
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Comments
YAY KONGRESS!
SHM is the Gerald Celente of eRep 😉
YAY FIRST DENIED!!!!!! 😃
If con is the opposite of pro ... what is the opposite of progress?
Grainne, I'll take that as a compliment. 😉
Thank you, stranger, for campaigning for me. I got myself a couple votes at the end of the day when I realized that I a dozen already. But I have to give credit where credit is due, and you my friend were my unofficial campaign manager. I REALLY appreciate it. Normally I would offer you some kind of $$$, but I'm not sure I like you very much, so I think I'll keep my $$$ for now.
Also, I would appreciate it if you would keep up the amazing articles and keep up the exposure. Everyone in politics knows that the name of the game is "name recognition". So, on that note, keep up the good work buddy! KEEP IT UP! (-:
my earlier post was a joke ^ was a compliment ... or was that a joke too? i'm not sure ... i just woke up like 20 minutes ago and i'm not completely here yet
remember stranger, i'm a guy ... just wanted to remind you ... in case you forgot already
also, my e-peen is WAY bigger than yours
you want proof?
/me whips it out
\o/ VICTORY
meh ... i'd put him more in line with Geraldo Rivera ... not sure about the stache tho ... meh
Eli, why do you take readers for fools? It's crystal clear that your victory was not due to any (pro or cotra) campaigning, but to the voting instructions to your party's 'mobile voters' in an otherwise tight race. The population of Delaware 'increased' by 21 citizens on the day of the elections. You won with 18 votes. If my initiative had any effect on the results, it was that TomT could (though only temporarily) turn the race around after my article was published.
"lol you know your getting to them when they are reduced to base insults."
Buchepahlus92, commenting Eli Crownover's last hysterical invective (see it under my last article)
@SHM
Or MAYBE the number of citizens who put the country's best interests in front of their selfish interests is higher than you predicted.
Implying that your delusional tax concept haven't reduced the country's damage potential considerably. An implication that is apparently false.
stranger, i did not campaign at all. sent out no shouts (you're one of my e-friends, you would have seen the shouts) sent out no mass messages (haven't done that since my first term).
as for my party, A LOT of our votes come at the end of the day, and when i say the end of the day, i mean like the last 30 seconds of the day. then they go back to where ever they were before. go for it, ask the party leadership, we prefer to hold as many votes as possible for the very end of the day. and to be honest, they very well may have thrown me a couple. but when i went to bed at around 21:00 eRep time, i was up 16-15.
also, i was originally deployed to delaware just to be a blocker. i told both sgtrock (election coordinator) and henry arundel (party pres) to send their support elsewhere because i wouldn't be running this term. ask them. once i saw that i was down 12-15, i sent out a grand total of 3 messages to my 3 employees asking for their votes. that's all i needed b/c at 15-15 i would have easily won the tie breaker.
also, don't fool youself. "why do you take readers for fools" ... cmon man ... cmon. if the population increased by 21, then some would be my party, 1 would be me since i was in alabama before that, some would be tomt's party, and then some were from the other candidates' parties. CMON MAN!
you sound really upset bro ... chillax! ... you seriously need a woosa moment!
WOOSA
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WOOSA
"lol you know your getting to them when they are reduced to base insults."
Buchepahlus92, commenting Eli Crownover's last hysterical invective (see it under my last article)
nah, you've got it all backwards. you're assuming (incorrectly) that i take you seriously. at this point i'm having fun trolling!
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i just want to see how many comments i can make before the article is taken down or you stop responding all together!
@SHM, it was MEANT as a compliment. I'm a big fan of Celente.
Thank you for confirming what I wrote:
"It's crystal clear that your victory was not due to any (pro or contra) campaigning, but to the voting instructions to your party's 'mobile voters' in an otherwise tight race. "
i'll post this very slowly for you since you seem to have missed the point
"at this point i'm having fun trolling!"
I never questioned that's all you are capable of.
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btw Eli, I've no idea who you are, but you seem a little rattled. Maybe try some brekkie before launching into a defensive.
/signed, curious observer 🙂
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grainne ... i wish i had some ... but i'm waiting for my lawn guy to get here so i can pay him before i head in to the office today.
stranger ... trollolololol
ok, so call him and ask him to bring food...your blood sugars are dangerously low... a donut, at least. otherwise, you just look nuts 😒!
This is terrbl. Down with the elitists!
DOWN WITH THE ELITISTS!
grainne ... thank you for your concern, unfortunately i cannot have a donut ... i'm allergic to corn, and therefore corn syrup, seriously. again thank you for your concern.
when the hell is my damn lawn guy going to get here?!?! WTF?!?!
STRANGER get over here and manage my lawn. MUSH!!
and i'm not nuts, just worn out. these last 6 1/2 weeks have been crazy busy for me in RL. luckily, for some reason, my assistant, in one of her little sparks of genius, scheduled nothing for me all day today or tomorrow. so i'll finally be able to get all caught up! i'm just a little excited about having a weekend at home instead of at the office.
"Unfortunately, many opponents of the legalized robbery failed to grab a seat. Devoid, Joe DaSmoe, stephen s, Dusty Haynes and DXJack will not be in Congress this term."
you know I'll be sporting my famous tin foil hat in Congress, so you didn't lose any support in me taking Dusty's place this month.
Well, you wrote: "I am curious about the recent tax hikes and the disbursement of those additional funds."
Let me kindly inform yo that there are no additional funds to disburse. The CBO takes the same 99,999$ out of the Treasury daily as it had before. The increase in revenues remains in the Treasury, acting as a 'donation buffer', in case of tax revenues falling nder 99,999$ a day. Which, given that we're already down to 60%/20% bonuses and still overtaxed by ~50-60% seems pretty unlikely.
It's not only for that buffer, we also should have some preparation in case the admins tweak the game some more and removes the $99,999 limit. Because if the admins remove that limit, say, tomorrow, then we're in deep trouble compared to some of our enemies like Serbia, Poland, etc, who have built up a huge reserve in the Treasury itself.
"Implying that your delusional tax concept haven't reduced the country's damage potential considerably. An implication that is apparently false."
Were it so easy to disprove implications... Please enlighten me: should I call your method "Proof by Ignorance" or "Proof by Intimidation"?
I have disproved every argument you could have come up with, and all your counterarguments lie broken. Still you maintain your incorrect view. I don't call that science. I call that religion.
A religion of delusion.
SHM will never accept his mistakes. He is that kind of guy.
"I am curious about the recent tax hikes and the disbursement of those additional funds."
Tax hikes? We raised the income tax, lowered the import tax, and lowered the VAT. One up, two down ... hmm. If it was an overall raise in taxes, then wouldn't we be taking in more taxes than before? Yes. Are we? No.
Now, on to the substance.
With us now losing resources, and our expectation that we will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, daily production has dropped, and will continue to do so. To compensate for the drop in production pay will go down to allow business owners to continue to break even or make a profit when selling their products on the market. So, although income taxes were raised, less will be taken out of each paycheck (dollar wise) due to lower wages.
Unfortunately, there are also two factors that will lead to a simultaneous drop in supply and increase in demand. Many of the 'larger' players who currently self supply and sell surplus goods will be using more of their own tanks for fighting rather than selling them. This will slightly decrease supply. At the same time, due to lower resource bonuses, the average business will have to charge slightly more for these products to break even or make profit, so prices will at best remain the same, but will more than likely increase.
Economics aren't going to be great during an invasion ... taxes aren't going to be great during an invasion ... prices aren't going to be great during an invasion. It sucks a lot. If you want to keep it from getting worse, all you can do is make sure that you are applying damage where the damage is needed most against our enemies. Whether or not you choose to be in an MU is completely up to you, but make sure you are following the DoD orders and check in on IRC to the #eus-war channel. The orders there are updated all throughout the day as they change.
FLAME WAR!!!!
"I have disproved every argument you could have come up with, and all your counterarguments lie broken. Still you maintain your incorrect view. I don't call that science. I call that religion.
A religion of delusion."
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Day 1,437, 09:29 @ Kemal, all I ever see you post about is how you have already disproved SHM in regards to this tax debate...and not actually doing it.
"I have disproved every argument you could have come up with, and all your counterarguments lie broken."
False.
1) thanks to your tax plan all eUS employees are able to buy more than a tank less a day. deny that?
2) prices have not dropped at all, price levels are around exactly the same as before the changes. deny that?
3) Gold/USD haven't changed considerably either, deny that?
4) daily donations to the CBO (thus funds to be spent by your 'strong and active' militiamen have changed by 0 (zero). deny that?
= You have simply cut the damage output of the eUS at a time of the country being nder invasion and losing resources - in exchange for increasing the unaccessible 'donation buffer' in the treasury. deny that?
I like what I hear stranger, I will be following your progress
Eli -Told ya donuts was a better idea. /shrug
The elections were rigged, but I doubt the rigger enjoys having to spend too much effort on a slower horse.
Let's keep Eli's fame up, people, maybe the rigger will choose to put someone more popular up next month.
DOWN WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND THE SKULL AND BONES HARVARD GLOBALISTS!