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Lefty from Mulberry St.






Hi Kids!

Today I get a chance to interview a friend of mine that is running for POTUS. I have had the pleasure of several late night PM's sharing thoughts and plans. I've learned to value his opinions and he has gained my trust.

[Update: Here's a link to Lefty's article where he mentions his cabinet (among other things).]

Now, on with the show!







The Interview

Dill: Hello, thank you for taking the time to answer a few questions. But first, please tell us about yourself and where you're coming from.

Lefty: I'm 26, I have two kids and live on the Wisc/Ill border. I'm college educated, and my hobbies include an internship with my City's Narcotics Unit, and writing my first book.

I've played this game for longer than Lefty from Mulberry St has existed, and quit. I've served in two seperate administration's Cabinet as LfMS.

Dill: What issue with the economy need to be addressed in your opinion?

Lefty: The way that increasing revenue has been done in the past has been by just raising income taxes again. No one seems to understand that in order to increase tax revenue, you must strengthen and grow the economy. I remember times when there where so many offers to sell gold/currency that you could buy/sell at the same rates on the first page as the 17th page, thats whats called stability and we need it back, we need to export more, we need to lower income tax, we need to stimulate our economy and overall we need to strenthen USD.



Dill: How would we accomplish this?

Lefty: Our military/militias use communes which allows them to purchase what they need at a discounted rate, I see this as detrimental to our economy. Unfortunately I can't just snap my fingers and change that, but what I can do is utilize the Department of Education to help those company managers who are able, use smarter business practices to begin the process of increasing revenue.

Dill: What's the idea behind acquiring regions with resources? We currently have all five of them. [EDIT: As one of my readers graciously pointed out, we are currently missing four resources: Fish; Deer; Iron; and Rubber. Thanks, Syrup! ]

Lefty: We do have the resources we need, but so do many of our enemies. Enemies of the eUS have no right to resources, in my eyes. If the eUS and it's allies had all the good resources, we would have the option of selling them to our enemies, as they would't have thier own access to them. It is not enough to have all we need, we must take what our enemies need as well.

Dill: How will this affect our alliances? What can our allies expect from us?

Lefty: Some of our allies may just need to go take a hike. Some of our enemies will require occupation, the trick here is equal distribution of resources among the allies we keep while maintaining all of our ability to fight off whats left of our enemies.

Dill: What are some of the other plans you have?

Lefty: The Department of Education will be taking a greater role in game, it will be at the front lines of fixing our economy, tasked to take an aggressive role in the edutation of citizens as to how they make our economy thrive.

I wish to see the military/militias far better funded, which is the main reason for the economic repair I'll be engaged in.

This game needs to be made fun, not for a few popular citizens, but for the whole eUS, that's my #1.

Dill: How will you handle INCi affairs?

Lefty: I've asked Glove to stay on board to deal with INCI, I knew Glove when he was a noob and I was thoroughly impressed, even then. I'd like to see INCI really find a place in the game and make a difference somewhere, I think if they stay busy doing something usefull, the odds of them falling back to screaming for attention and trolling would be reduced.


Glove is Love!

Dill: Do you have a cabinet in mind?

Lefty: As of right now, 7 citizens have been approached with positions in my cabinet. My efforts will require a small team in each Department to accomplish the goals of the Lefty Administration. My Cabinet will include many new faces, and some old. I'm waiting until I win a primary to tackle assigning a Cabinet head on.

Dill: Is there anything else you'd like to cover?

Lefty: I'm best known in game for opposing capitulation to our enemies during PEACE's invasion of eCanada and the eUS. The worst thing we can do is elect another empty suit to PotUS, so Citizens if you don't vote for me, thats fine, just vote for presidential material.





The Wrap Up

This should answer a few questions regarding where Lefty's at on the map. The next few days should see some discussion and refinement of the candidates positions. This looks like it could be a good one.

Don't forget: No matter who you plan to vote for, be sure to get the job done! Vote for The President of the United States on Tuesday, April 5th.

We've said our piece. Now what do you think?