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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
*checks clipboard* Yep, you're over your daily sassiness allocation, [nation=short]Continental Commonwealths[/nation]. You're only allocated 2 Sass Units per day, and that comment alone was worth 5 Sass Units. I'm disappointed in your lack of patriotism, ContComm. One more incident like that, and we'll be forced to put you in State of Emergency Jail.
Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, United Continental States
Yassss
Dude what....I will riot on your behalf.
The Vidnoye, Penguania And Antarctica, United Continental States
yea sadly it was a firm no :)
Well... If your leader is needing a place to stay while your population is awaiting their new homeland...I have some free choice 5-star hotels to choose from in my capital.
Jaslandia, The Vidnoye, Percyton
Wait but claim 11 is unclaimed?
The Vidnoye
Um can someone explain what the telegram from The Federation of Baxten is about?
I have a school named after me! Yay!!!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm gonna use the Supreme Court to sue ur ass
Penguania And Antarctica, United Continental States, South Hyder
I the president of Silsalia wish to address the citizens and residents of the confederacy of free nations.
I believe that this region suffers from numerous ills and crisises.
1. A declining population
2. Government red tap and beaurocracy that is like a labyrinth to behold and functions Sub optimally
3. Nations are treated as citizens instead of member states which is confusing to me as a leader of over 60 million.
4. Citizenship should be automatic after one joins the region in order to avoid red tape
I dutifully and respectfully suggest that perhaps we must launch a period of reforms in how we as a confederacy function. Not only would this improve conditions in the CFN but it would also allow us to look more enticing to potential member states.
I the president of Silsalia applied for membership at this confederacy (which has not yet gone through) because I believed in the principles of freedom and that together we could accomplish more than we could apart. What do you say fellow nations.
(This is just a list of ideas for reforms and is intended to be taken respectfully but in character)
Well, welcome to the Confederacy, upon becoming a citizen you actually also become a member of our Parliament.
Upon the acceptance of your application, please feel free to submit a formal proposal to our Speaker of the House and I am sure many of us would be willing to discuss your intended reforms.
I am happy to see the interest you are taking in our region and hope that you reach out to me with any questions.
Yukona, Cesorion
Take a look at the region's population graph. It's been quite steadily declining for a while now. We need a way to make the region gain popularity.
Cesorion
Thank you for the information. That is a problem. I think from what I have seen people join the Confederation and then quickly leave. We should try and halt the decline will also increase recruitment. We need to have something that holds people to this Confederation.
Personally the fact that there is an active parliament and freedom made me want to stay. I joined like 4 other before staying here.
From what I've seen fewer players are playing this game so that decline might be hard to reverse quickly. But halting it might be easier.
Moldegaard
Yeah, thats what I intended to do but I've been waiting for a while. Maybe it didn't go through properly though?
I agree. I think the Regional Newsfeed is a great initiative, but it doesn't make others join the region, so we need more public advertising.
Cesorion
Good point there, Mold! (I can use that, right?). If anyone has ideas on how to halt that decline, contact cabinet members immediately!
Moldegaard
I think if it was that easy, we'd be doing it in the jest place. The obvious solution is better recruitment and diplomatic relations.
Cesorion
Yeah, it is. But why not hear what they have to say. They might have some good ideas....
(Yes, you can!)
Cesorion
Correct me if I'm wrong. But didn't the CoFN have it's largest population when it was a featured region? I mean, that's how I found you guys and joined up.
Jaslandia, Yukona, Cesorion
What are y'all opinions on road tolls?
You're not the only one..
You gotta pay the trolls toll to get inside this boys hole
Axeldonia, Friedensreich, Pirate Kingdoms
I actually simply just joined back when [nation=russian_fedration] was here. He and I were in TNI together and decided to jump ship and explore other regions to see what they did.
Because TNI was never made to be an RP region, y'see. We had an inactive founder that jealously held executive powers and started out as a huge raider region (first and only region to conquer the Rejected Realms!), then gradually declined once we moved into RP instead of gameplay.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Talkative Friedensriech
Good shít my dood
The Vidnoye, Andromitus
Toot toot :)
Jaslandia
hallo
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Noot Noot
'Allo
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
This is a State of Emergency, Yuk- we don't have time for obvious solutions!
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Cesorion
Eyooo
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Greetings, earthlings!
Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
What's up ?
Jaslandia, Cesorion
Quick, cover it up! I did not sleep with Monica Lewinsky!
Jaslandia, Andromitus
New post in the RNF.
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32392544#p32392544
Just got emailed instructions for my university induction. Sh!t is getting real.
Jaslandia, The Vidnoye, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Cesorion
I got offered a scholarship from mine!
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Nice! Well done, you!
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Speaking of which, you wanna know why student debt exists?
The fûcking textbooks and the online shít the lazy professors force you to use in lieu of actual quality teaching. I just had to pay 381$ for 2 textbooks and an access code to some online program while I could just pay 101$ for the 2 textbooks.
Basically here's what I had to pay versus what I wanted to pay:
What I wanted to pay.....
-20$, rental for German textbook off amazon
-80$, poli-sci looseleaf textbook (it was just published this year so my bookstore actually has a good price for once! It's 101$ on amazon, but since it's related to my major and my future career I want to keep it)
What I had to pay....
-265$, German textbook and iLrn access code for 24 months (like dafuq, after this semester I ain't going to touch the damn program anymore, so why pay for 2 years)
-60$ poli-sci looseleaf textbook rental
Nuremgard
It's no wonder students are always skint. :P
Good that books aren't that expenisve over here. :)
Jaslandia, Kalaron
Almost 40% of my monthly student loan payment is interest. It kills me a little inside with every payment.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I wont need to pay back any of my student loads until I earn over a certain threshold.
[spoiler=Today is August 24 and today are:]
Today is August 24 and today are:
- Flag Day (Liberia)
- Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti (Ukraine)
- International Strange Music Day
- National Burger Day (United Kingdom)
- National Maryland Day (United States)
- National Parks´ Day (Costa Rica)
- National Peach Pie Day (United States)
- National Waffle Day (United States)
- Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)
- Pluto Demoted Day
- Vesuvius Day
- William Wilberforce Day
- Willka Raymi (Cusco, Peru)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 49 BC Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC) by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
- 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).
- 367 Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father .
- 394 The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was written.
- 410 The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
- 455 The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.
- 1185 Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.
- 1200 King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoulême in Bordeaux Cathedral.
- 1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
- 1349 Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.[1]
- 1456 The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
- 1482 The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army
- 1516 The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.
- 1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
- 1608 The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
- 1662 The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
- 1682 William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
- 1690 Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
- 1781 American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
- 1812 Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
- 1814 British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
- 1815 The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
- 1816 The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1820 Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
- 1821 The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
- 1857 The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
- 1870 The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
- 1875 Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel.
- 1891 Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
- 1898 Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
- 1909 Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
- 1911 Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
- 1914 World War I: German troops capture Namur.
- 1914 World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
- 1929 Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 6568 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
- 1931 France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
- 1931 Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
- 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
- 1933 The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 ChesapeakePotomac hurricane.
- 1936 The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
- 1937 Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
- 1937 Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
- 1941 Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
- 1942 World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of 7 officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged.
- 1944 World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
- 1949 The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
- 1950 Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
- 1954 The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
- 1954 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
- 1963 Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
- 1967 Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
- 1970 Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of WisconsinMadison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
- 1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
- 1989 Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
- 1989 Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
- 1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
- 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1991 Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
- 1992 Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane, causing up to $25 billion (1992 USD) in damages.
- 1994 Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
- 1995 Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
- 1998 First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
- 2004 Eighty-nine passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
- 2006 The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
- 2010 In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
- 2016 An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1759 William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician
- 1890 Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer
- 1899 Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator
- 1929 Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority
- 1934 Kenny Baker, English actor
- 1945 Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, and entrepreneur; co-founded WWE
- 1947 Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
- 1948 Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer
- 1957 Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965 Marlee Matlin, American actress and producer
- 1988 Rupert Grint, English actor
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Quote of the day
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
- Epictetus -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, The Vidnoye, Andromitus, Kalaron, Slavankya
I did say earlier this month on the rmb that textbook companies are crooks!
Nuremgard
It's not my most intricately detailed post, but it gets the point across well and good; And it seems the Second Wave Movement in the Union is gaining much stronger headway!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=26919736
Jaslandia
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32393176#p32393176
The Empire Of Handland
Hopefully I don't have to worry about student loans. Most of my college stuff is covered through various scholarships and financial aid, and taking out student loans is the last thing I want to do. However, I may have to take out a small loan (of much less than a million dollars) if I need money for the last few semesters.
Speaking of which, Adam Ruins Everything has some interesting information on the history of student loans: https://youtu.be/pVKEsiNMPNc
Guardian article: is it okay to be friends with a Tory? One of the authors says no.
I cannot stand Tory policies nor can I fathom why any person would vote for them, but it's stupid opinions like the one above that that keep the left on the losing side.
Friedensreich, Kalaron
>TMW Nurem is more tolerant towards conservatives than you :P
Just kidding Nur, you know you're the best Scot.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
To be fair, you haven't half said you wouldn't or couldn't be friends with (or I think it was said you wouldn't date) a tory...
I had a Tory friend in college. He once offered to take me to a conference to meet a guy there since he said there are so many gay men in the Conservative Party. I dunno if I could date a Tory. I'd need to be head over heels in love with him if that was the case.
Yukona
Cheers, Kal.
It's a bit like asking, "is it okay to be friends with a unionist?"
Penguania And Antarctica
If I, a libertarian, can make it with a democratic socialist, I think you could manage with a Tory. :P
As for there being a lot of gay men in the Conservative Party, that seems to be the case here in Canada. When I lived in Ottawa, it was like a 50/50 chance that when meeting a male Conservative staffer that he was gay. We had a strange statistical prevalence not just in that field but specifically for that party.
Nuremgard, Andromitus, United Continental States
God knows why since most Con parties hate gay people.
Also, the Tory I'm dating cannot have some of the horrible views many Tories have. Like justifying cuts to welfare.
The gay issue is very much closed in the Conservative Party of Canada; it is engrained in party policy by a vote of membership that same-sex marriage will not be reopened or challenged under a Conservative Government. Some wackjob MP brings it up now and then, and then is politely ignored by anyone and everyone. Yes, I'm talking about you, Brad Trost.
And on that note, Australia is moving ahead with its plebecite to legalize same-sex marriage! And, although I don't agree that minority rights should come about by way of the benevolence of the majority, I hope our Aussie pals do the right thing and vote for it. And that the government follows through with legalization following the vote.
Yukona
I'd just like to point out a brand new nation just came from a raider region. I think we should do something about this.
Peoples Liberation Republic, The Vidnoye, Yukona
I leave it up to the Justice Ministry, but without strong evidence of a threat, I don't think we can make a case for banning this new nation on sight. For all we know, it could be a former raider who wants to repent and do something different.
Kalaron
Why?
We have three very active founders and no power in the WAD. We're chill homeslice breadslice.
Jaslandia
As we have an active founder and a non-executive WA delegate, I propose we offer a hearty hello post haste!
Hello, [nation=short]Nueva Castilla Real[/nation]!
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Tserra
Most Tories in the UK are against gay marriage. Westminster only passed it because other parties voted to legalise it. Gays vote Conservative because of a process I call "domestigaytion"
Now that being gay is considered normal and we can get married, have kids, have good jobs with a mortgage and nice cars etc. Gays become conservative and self-interested so they vote for the status quo.
As for the Aussies, I too hope they vote for it. I also hope the Irish vote to make abortion legal.
I'm just pointing out the fact it was created 2 hours ago, moved to a region called The Invaders, and then moved here 30 minutes ago. I highly doubt it is a former raider considering it was created today. Is what it is. I was just merely pointing this out.
Like Kal said, even if it is a raider, there's little a raider could do to harm us: We have an active Founder, and the WAD has no power. Any raiding group would be wasting their time by coming here.
If I held an international conservative conference in my nation at some point, who all would be interested in attending?
Russkov Soviet, Cesorion
TBH they should fear us. Rainbow Founder Space Cat is scary.
Jaslandia
Fair enough. Like I said, I just thought I'd say something about it.
I voted Conservative in 2011 because they had better economic policies (well, any economic policies, really). They didn't threaten my rights as a gay man because same sex marriage had been legalized for more than half a decade and the Tories had pledged not to reopen it already. The PM himself had voted against, and encouraged the entire House to vote against, a private member bill from one of his own MP's to reopen the debate on abortion. One of the highest profile Ministers was himself gay.
I didn't vote for them in 2015 because they had become to complacent, increasing the power of the Prime Minister's Office and advocating for silly social policies.
I get that most gay Conservative voters like the economic policies. I find them anathema personally but that's just me.
I understand your initial cause for concern Handland, but I side with CC on this one, Welcome to the Region NCR! I'm Andy, MoJ, Mentor, and RP Moderator and I look forward to getting to know you!
Jaslandia, Yukona
Italian Prime Minister: Hello to all Confederates! I am the Prime Minister of Italy and I come to this region to find prosperity and cooperation among the nations.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
You can count me in.
The Empire Of Handland
I think for a lot of them, "stay out of my bedroom" goes hand-in-hand with "stay out of my wallet".
Not that I'm advocating for the "all tax is -" argument. But I think it gets a little ridiculous when income, purchases, property, investments, dividends, inheritance, savings, capital assets, and corporate earnings (twice) are all taxed. So, when one party says they're lowering the sales tax and increasing the annual tax free savings limit, while also promising to stay out of my bedroom, I tend to listen.
Yukona
Greetings Italy! We are the Ædenist Union, a Socio-Syndicalist nation in South America; We're glad to make your acquaintance!
Also, (OOC) Welcome to the Region, I'm Andy, Minister of Justice, Mentor, and RP Moderator, if you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me :D
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, United Continental States
First of all, lets chill. I'm trying to understand this awesome page. For now, I don't want to hurt anybody, but don't play with me. Viva el Rey y VIVA LA NUEVA CASTILLA!
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic
Thank you. Maybe I will contact you later.
Jaslandia
It's kinda cool to see this kind of role-playing games still alive. I'm very proud of all of you guys.
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Yukona, Cesorion
Not me...thats for sure. I'm nothing but a "dirty, filthy Communist" if I recall.
Italian Prime Minister: hm ... who are you?
Hey so am I! Lets be Filthy Commies together :D
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
Is good news! Is Communist Party Time! Many vodka will be drunk!
Andromitus
This week in: The World!
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32393603#p32393603
Moldegaard
Haha I will crush you if you mess with me. I was simply pointing out something sketchy. No harm was done, so no real foul play.
Andromitus
*sets garden hose to "Filthy Commie" setting and begins to hose down*
Jaslandia, Andromitus
So should we be expecting some conflict between these two waves of politicians?
Italian Prime Minister: Gentlemen, you can proceed with a quiet discussion to resolve the problem. Weapons do damage that can not be repaired.
Jaslandia
Not gonna be me, recently decided Kalaron is going to be a syndicalist nation who are socialist democrats.
Nice. I'm more national syndicalist.
Let me grow and we will see. For now allies.
NNNNNYYYYYEEEEEEETTTTTTTT
STOP SPRAYING ME!!
NOOO!!
MY BEAUTIFUL EQUINE MUSK!!
NNNNNEEEEEIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!
Nueva Castilla Real
Italian Prime Minister: This behavior is aggressive, even if your nation is, sorry if I tell you, tiny, speak as if you were a gigantic nation. This will not bring your nation far away.
You must have money to look after yourself then. Because all that tax helps fund public services for the less well off.
Italian Prime Minister: Taxes, in theory, serve to finance public spending and not to fund their portfolio. High taxes are good if used to improve the lives of their citizens and not the life of a single president or head of government.
Nuremgard
I advocate cutting the salaries and expenses of politicians and heads of government.
Penisola Italica
Right hand of the Glorious Leader: so sorry Italian Prime Minister, The Leader was a bit annoyed and its a little compulsive.
Italian Prime Minister: Certainly, cutting the wages of politicians and heads of government is more than right. But never cuts too deep, because the politician or head of the government in question must have a minimum wage to be able to make a normal life as any citizen.
Of course. But their pay must be more reasonable. It's too much of a gravy train these days.
Penisola Italica
Prime Minister: a compulsive leader? Is a very serious matter. A head of a government should be mentally stable, can not drive a drifting country.
Nope. There is no way in the realm of any reality that the phrase "all that tax helps fund public services for the well off" is remotely true.
Because those same tax dollars pay for subjective art projects, salaries for politicians well beyond the national average, salaries for public servants abovr and beyond the average- a number of which sit at about 8x the national average at $440,000/year- providing tax incentives for donating to political parties, and the list goes on.
So, I don't think you can be both aware and make the statement that every dollar taxed from a private individual ("all that tax...") goes towards benefitting the less fortunate. And that's not even considering the arguments regarding an overcomplicated tax system, a convoluted and inefficient tax code, and methods of regressive taxation- all of which exist in Canada, the UK, and (what the hell, let's include them) the US.
Prime Minister: Do you know why wages have to stay a bit high? Because politicians are not influenced by external factors, a politician with a too low wage is easily corrupt.
Why would I be allies with someone who is going to eventually try and square up to fight me?
Cesorion
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