[LIBERTAS] Congress: The Road to our Liberation
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Dear citizens of the eNetherlands,
We could have never expected to be able to participate in Congress already, let alone already be the third biggest political party in the eNetherlands, in a matter of two mere weeks. But here we stand, as one of the future parties which will decide the faith of the eNetherlands. We want to thank all the support we’ve got the last few days, especially our own party members, but also our political opponents, who one day might turn into political cooperators.
Libertas may still be young, but already it encompasses many individuals of experience. Being led by me: Party President NoTie112, former multiple-term Country President and Minister of both Home and Foreign Affairs, and supported by former Secretary of Defence Xyrrath and former presidential candidate 2DG we feel we have much to offer the eNetherlands. We generally want to introduce a liberal, efficient way of governing. In other words, completely opposing any forms of unnecessary bureaucracy.
We do however feel the need to explain our plans for the eNetherlands in more than just a few catchy words, therefore we’re proud to present to you all our Congress Program for October 2012: The Road to our Liberation.
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*Liberalisation Campaign.
It’s a fact that the eNetherlands are living above their class, reminding us of the better times when our income was more than tenfold our current ones and when attempts at liberating ourselves from Poland had realistic chances of succeeding. This is however not the case anymore. We need to adapt our policy to our current situation. We propose the following liberalisations to be taken in government and defense policy:
-Combine the three state Military Units into one.
We do not need three MU’s for the current amount of soldiers. All our soldiers would easily fit into one Military Unit, with orders which can be followed by any Dutch soldier, regardless of their division. Alternatively, a small group of experienced players can be approached to fight in high priority battles which require moving location (which can happen without any form of Military Unit organization). The result would be the selling of the two remaining MU’s which would give our state a considerable amount of very needed gold.
-Only support the State Military Unit(s)
We can’t support it financially to supply every eDutch soldier, regardless of their Military Unit. While it’s true that ‘officially’ it only matters whether you work in a state commune or not, in practical terms it doesn’t motivate the centralisation of our Defense system and only causes more bureaucracy and chaos. The State Military Unit(s) should be the centre of all state subsidies, while independent Military Units do not get this ‘official recognition’. In our eyes, only those who completely serve for the eDutch state (by joining the official Military Unit(s)) deserve to be able to benefit from the state communes (as they do cost us a considerable, yet unclear, amount of money to operate).
-Reorganisation of State Companies
We highly doubt the usefulness of our current state companies. They are not updated to the highest possible state of quality. Seeing that we are facing very powerful enemies, it’s probably worth it to have the highest quality of weapons available. We want to approach trustable players with those Q7 companies, while we want to ready ourselves for upgrading our state companies when the financial and geopolitical situation allows our so. We also want to review the costs of State Companies (which is currently being kept secret) and look for possible cuttings.
-Focus on only the most important tasks
Our liberalisation policy also points at the rest of our governmental policy. This means we want to remove and avoid Government from tasks which they shouldn’t be doing, in order to focus on their foremost priority; preparing our country for our liberation. This means no intervention in the media from above, but also delegating the Coaching of our newer players to political parties, individuals and Military Units (which works, seeing the success of parties like Libertas, the Progressive Party and Geuzen Partij Nederland). Only the most needed Coaching elements (like tutorials) should be maintained by the government.
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*Recruitment Campaign
We believe the key to our liberation is the increase of our population, which give us more income and hands to fight with. Libertas has already started a recruitment campaign, which has resulted in our population once again reaching above 600 citizens. We believe our current Ministry of Recruitment is not needed and above all not capable of this important task, which could bring the eNetherlands it’s eventual freedom. We want to expand our recruitment campaign, by cooperating on national level with all others interested in bringing the eNetherlands back to it’s former glorious population numbers, which far exceeded the 1000 citizens.
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*Internationalisation Campaign
Experienced and strong players with eDutch citizenship are as helpful as a bucketload of new players. We want to encourage the immigration of foreign, although trusted, players. Hopefully we can also attract former citizens back, which includes most of the former eDutch elite. Their movement out of country has left it in chaos and caused a major brain drain.
We also want to push for an international policy which benefits us too, not only our allies. We do not want to distance ourselves from EDEN in any way, but we do not support the neglecting of our own priorities for yet another ‘high-priority’ battle. We also want to look in the possibility of strengthening both our countries by participating in Natural Enemy or Training Wars, which increases both the strength and activity of our country.
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Financial Cutting Campaign
While we need to take efforts to increase our income (by the other points mentioned in this article, it’s paramount for our nation to cut our unneeded expenditures in the meantime, to save up money for an uprising against Poland. We are living on the same ways as we were when our country was literally flooded with income. We therefore propose the following rational steps to be taken:
-An immediate stop of subsidies.
Instead of wasting precious money on it, we want to set up a campaign in which older and experienced players can donate goods (weapons, food and currency) which then can be donated to newer players in alternate (cost-free) subsidies. Currently, the subsidies do take a heavy percentage of our budget, while in the past they didn’t mean much at all in regards to our expenditures.
-Minimal amount of MPP’s.
We only want a hand full of the most important MPP’s, which will guarantee battles available at any given time for the eNetherlands. MPP’s are our main expenditure. To illustrate; 5 MPP’s would already cause us to go over our monthly budget, which gives us a good illustration of how bad our current situation is.
-Gain money by disbanding unneeded government properties/costs.
As described in our former program points, which includes the possibility of disbanding Military Units and/or State Companies, but also removing unneeded subsidies, both for (private) Military Units and new players.
The money that is left after those radical but very needed financial cuttings we want to put in a special fund for our liberation. This fund, as proposed by other parties too, will also give foreign sympathizers and eDutch players an opportunity to donate both money, weapons and food to this cause, but will also be filled with our National Reserves, when the time is ripe.
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Comments
Great to see all the parties writing programs!
Have you even bothered to look into the financial situation and in what is currently been done by the gov NoTie? Is sure as hell doesn't look that way.
You're talking real crap. Selling MU's is a future waste for sure.
Not by far are all soldiers supplied so that's BS also.
Selling Comps? And later buy again? Idiotic and unneeded given the work of the MoF on the MM.
Stop of subsidies while willing to attract new players? Have you even looked at current subsidy costs?
MPP's are already low
So all you're point are one shitload of bullshit NoTie. Very, very disappointing. Throwing mud while the things you call solutions are in fact what is done or further destroying our country. Or are you planning on putting gold on gov accounts so we can be robbed again? I don't believe it was you last time and always thought it must have been others of you;re or previous govs, but looking at this I'm starting to doubt...
Why is it an future waste?
@eRepTrader: You must have a lot of anger inside of you. Please find a way to vent it other than screaming abuse at a fellow eRep player, even if your criticisms might be correct, which I don't say they are. It's your tone that matters, really.
Anyway, I thank NoTie for publishing this programme. We might not agree on everything, like cuttting supplies for anyone not in a government MU, but I appreciate the constructive approach you've taken. I wish you luck for the elections.
You might be correct about the tone broersje, but the sheer lack of understanding or at least lack of thoroughly looking into matters from someone presenting himself of our saver is shocking and I fear alot of people, that don't look into mechanics themselves, are buying it. It's pure populism. Sort of Wilders like although he mainly knows what he's talking about and bends it his way.
And yes, I did react instantly this time in stead of making a concept and post it later with a milder tone...
It's a future waste Xyrrath because you will want to buy them back as we grow. And chances are we won't be able to and can't extent our military. And i don't think it will deliver that much money. Working on MM might prove much more efficient.
eRepTrader, what it sounds to me like..... You dislike notie because some people told you you should dislike him.
I'd say if anyone, you're the one talking crap.
Oh, there are good grounds for disliking NoTie, even if you've known him since before the robbery and the following drama. Let's just say he's very outspoken and likes to ruffle feathers. Anyway, I assume this is a programme supported by the entire party, and as such, it deserves constructive criticism, not a shouting match between NoTie haters and idolate fans. 😁
How do you attract new players and cut subsidies? Which by the way if you even investigated how much the subsidies cost I'm sure you would surprised and hopefully revise your program. And I tried to work with you on the International thing requesting you get your members active as Ambassadors but you refuse to work with anyone and won't help by getting your members involved in the government which I find odd at the least. You have in a couple of your past articles continued to bash the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and I come to you willing to work together and instead you choose not. From your articles you seem to love the Netherlands and want to help it become a better place but all you do instead is build a program that includes other parties main focus points or put in things that most people are totally against.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-dsp-congress-road-to-our-lawlization-2144097/1/20
No 2.D.G. I don't dislike NoTie as a person and as said I didn't suspect him to have done the robbery or at least not alone.
I dislike people that don't put our country in the first place and don't take the time to read carefull or spend time on things if it ain't for there own interest.
Its the things that he's telling himself that form my opinion and that isn't positive as described in, a bit blunt, way.
In the same category; I don't like people like youreself 2.D.G. You came to eNL, ran for CP, didn't manage and fled away again. If I did see them all you're citizen ships to japan and germany. But perhaps I missed one or a few. Now you're back, most likely since NoTie gave you a chance again and you know, from you're previous life on eRep before getting banned and starting over, he can mobilize people and thus give you a good chance where I&W / you yourself couldn't make it happen.
And the first that is able to tell me what to do and think has yet to be born. I form my own opinion and while doing that you won't hear from me. Until the time comes I think I know enough or if I think it has been enough
eRepTrader, I left because of an internal issue with van Spijck.
On top of that, my modem blew up the 2nd of the month, so I couldn't campaign (Seeing as I got internet back on the 5th), so I already gave up running.
These 2 things had nothing to do with eachother.
@ 2.D.G; "an internal issue with van Spijck" LOL, he gave you a chance as MoHA, cs applications expired because you never worked a minute.
Wasn't you story first about running for CP just as a back up? The modem story is new, and you couldn't get a new modem? No friends that could help you? No internetcafes? Yeah, you where a real serious candidate. 😉
for the record, the modem story is not new. He communicated that on the forum:
http://www.enetherlands.nl/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10348
Reiner, at first I was actually running, then later on I gave up on it, and ran as a back up.
As for the MoHA thing, I already communicated with vS that I wanted to quit the government.
Nice to read, although I don't agree with everything
A couple of questions:
- You know the main reason of having 3 MU's?
- Personally I think you should hand out supplies in the next 2 cases:
* You work in a state commune, a part of the weapons you work for will be for the worker, the rest for the state, for handing out supplies;
* There is an important battle to win, everyone who fights for eNL get supplies;
- What do you want to do with communes?
Oh jeez. No buying votes this time? Is someone's cc running tight? 10 likes, 20 comments. (make that 21 because of mine)
Good on you.
The Socialist Party (or at least their most prominent members) are really doing the most, even though this article can't be deserving of such childish behavior in any way!
eRepTrader, I'm sorry to see you so full of hate, yet so empty of rationalism or constructive criticism.
The picking on 2DG is shameful behavior looking for another reason to go on a witchhunt on anything or anyone that is in the slightest way involved with Libertas.
Joshua: I have never received anything regarding an offer to our party members to help out? I might have missed it, because it seems like a misunderstanding that Libertas doesn't want to participate. I do not think the ambassador system is defunct, I rather think the current Minister has shown to lack knowledge of Foreign Affairs and is hardly present.
RikW:
1) yes, to differate between the different divisions. But that is not needed, as our army is small and 99% of the time everyone gets the same orders anyway. We could use regiments to specialize in different divisions, though.
2) I can agree, as long as state companies are fully self-reliant and don't bring our state any (sizeable) costs. High priority battles do indeed require supplies to everyone.
3) Communes need to be reviewed. To check what they really bring up (but most of all; what they cost us and/or (private) company owners), so that we can cut those unnecessary costs.
I really like these policies.
Especially the merging of the national MUs.
1. It would increase activity within the MU feed.
2. Newbs would be getting help from more experienced players.
And i like the idea of the elite few that go off to do special missions, DutchParas? : P
Good luck Libertas
"We want to thank all the people who accepted our bribes the last few days" would be a more honest start of this article.
"We want to thank all the people who accepted our bribes the last few days" would be a more honest start of this article.
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God thank I avoided you from entering the Top 5!
Now you have been put in your place, please remain as irrelevent as Communism has always been.
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I'm starting to wonder if NoTie is actually a girl.. or is he a girl trapped inside a guys body?
Thank God you bribe people or else your party would be smaller than ours! Lol. Enough of all this though.
Then I will write to you again about the Foreign Affairs.