My Opinion: The Belgian Army
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by Monsieur Guillontine
Fellow friends,
There has been a lot of debate lately about the Belgian Army, which includes the Belgian Armed Forces as well as the Belgian Training Academy. I am the party president of the Belgian Communist Party, and as the official spokesman, let me tell you my opinion on this whole issue.
The Belgian Armed Forces. I used to be in it, for almost 5 months. Were the amount of supplies little? Kind of, but not that bad. Did the supplies take a long time to be delivered? Yes. Now, I would like to point out that we are a small country, and of course we cannot possibly be able to have a strong army, such as the USA. That's obvious. However, what we can do, is still be able to have our army functioning, but perhaps evaluate how the supplies are being sent and so on. These are little improvements we can make in the Belgian Armed Forces, that will allow for it to grow and actually do it's sole purpose, which is to help the people of Belgium.
The Belgian Training Academy is another branch in the Belgian Army, which is sort of like a private branch. Elynea, a very mother-like figure, is in charge of helping these new citizens by giving them food as well as teaching them about the basics of eRepublik, which I find admirable. Her cause however, is not funded enough, in my opinion. To me, the Belgian Training Academy is much more successful than the Belgian Armed Forces, and therefore it should receive more funding. As of now, each month, Elynea only receives 4000 BEF... to feed 50 members? I really don't think that's enough. That is why I proposed to Elynea that if I am Country President, I will make sure to establish a commune system for the Belgian Training Academy, so that it can be a good learning experience for new players, and enable them to have a nice transition into the Belgian Armed Forces. If the Belgian Treasury is not able to support such a commune system, then perhaps just increasing the monthly donation to 8000 BEF will help oh so much.
And so, now you know my true opinion. I hope this helps you understand more on my viewpoint, the viewpoint of the party president of the Belgian Communist Party.
Yours Truly,
Monsieur Guillontine
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Establish a commune system for 50 people = 1380 gold ? I think we can already say that the Belgian Treasury will have difficulty to support this... A raise of 50% of the BTA budget will be already nice indeed, and i think it's a consensus already in the belgian politic landscape. Maybe a proposal will be raised soon... (maybe no need to wait for elections 😁)
About the BAF, the supplies are indeed not that bad, and even good for eBelgium (also if we compare the BAF with some MU of our neighbours). We had a problem about the supplies delivery delay, but i can announce that we have just increase by 50% the size of our suppliers team (2 people 😁). About activity ? We are working on it ! All soldiers are for example invited to move to Venezuela asap to help our brothers in their war against Colombia. But that's not all : we have different projects to increase our activity, and we are working on a weekly newspaper report for the BAF, with the dmg dealed by each soldiers and its progressions ! But as you can imagine, it take times and some organization. It's true that some soldiers have resigned lately because they were bored, but i can also tell that some have proposed their help to support the current team of officers, which is very nice and enthusiastic for our future ! The activity need to come from the soldiers too!
Anyway, i'm glad to see that the BAF and the BTA remain very important in eBelgium and that it different parties are still ready to support an active and important military branch !
oh and I agree
BAF gets 45000 BEF each month to supply somewhere between 25-35 members, BTA gets 4000 BEF to supply +50 members. Seems kind of unfair to me. In the past this could be justified by the difference in work skill, but since everyone is equal now, I fail to see why BAF should get more
BAF doesn't get 45k bef, the BAF funding law is clear : 85% of taxes income (with an average calculated on 30days) - 2MPP - BTA budget with a minimum funding for BAF off 25K.
The BAF is one of the only stable and efficient way to redistribute the money collected with the taxes to its citizens, with the BTA. If this money is not spend, it will sleep for months in our national treasury.
2 months ago we agreed on a first budget of 4k for the BTA, after you, for example shadowuks, have fought hard to impeach the State to fund this military unit. But everyone can change his mind and i applause you. Now it seems that there is a consensus on the need of a bigger budget for the BTA, and i don't see why it won't be voted. In the same time, i hope that people do consider a raise of the BTA budget because the BTA really need it, and not because it will make less money for the "useless", "meaningless", etc (sigh) BAF. I continue to believe that the BAF need an important budget to help us ranking as fast as possible to be able to help eBE in the next months. It also allow us to increase the gaming experience of each single soldier, and to be able to move around the world when needed to help our true friends or to act as a diplomatic tool for our Government. I also want to remind that the BAF is open to everyone, with only few requirements : a min strg and activity ! (if not enough str, you can go to the BTA !). An article will be published soon to recruit new soldiers !
We might not always agree but i want to believe that we all fight for the same thing, the same goal : a better Belgium !
As i said, no need a lot of money, i received donate of food this last days, i was happy. We don't need to put troubles on the economy.
Now, i will work for a president or an other, because simply, i love my job... i don't see why i will punish a person, because we haven't the same opinion.
It's time to have unity in our Country, because in this moment we are losing our strengh : together we are stronger.
TR, BAF did recieve 44K. Check accounting sheet.
I say sell all the state owned companies and use the golds to build a big statue of awesome.
Totally agree that BTA should receive more fundings. And I have personally no problem should I receive less supplies if it can help the young citizens.