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    AMPU Modern Day Playtest

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

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    Domestic

    Repeal Create National Health Insurance Program for the Elderly (Crisis Bill- Rev/Bud) No

    Nationalize the Railroad Industry *spending bill* (Crisis Bill- Econ Stab) Yes

    Privatize Social Security (Crisis Bill- Rev/Bud) No

    Foreign Affairs

    Increase Defense Spending *spending bill* (Crisis Bill-Mil Prep) Yes

    Restrict trade to countries with human rights violations Yes

    Economic

    Repeal Make Combating Inflation and Unemployment the Responsibility of the Federal Government No

    Judicial

    Restrict Federal Government's Legal Authority to Wiretap US Citizens Yes

    Repeal Authorize the FBI to covertly search homes, records, businesses of suspected people w/o a court order for National Security (Crisis Bill- Rev/Bud & Dom Stab) Yes

    Repeal Make it illegal for lower-level employees of the executive branch from engaging in political activity Yes

    Strictly Regulate 3-D Printing *spending bill* No

     

    House

    Domestic

    Repeal National Healthcare No

    Repeal Mandate for National Health Insurance via Financial Penalty (Crisis Bill- Dom Stab) No

    Cuts to Welfare Benefits (Crisis Bill- Rev/Bud) No

    Create National Observatory *spending bill* Yes

    Foreign Affairs

    Update Weaponry, tactics, training, military technology, and promote young, promising military officers *spending bill* (Crisis Bill- Mil Prep) Yes

    Restriction of President's Powers in Foreign Policy Amendment Yes

    Economics

    Federal excise tax on tobacco (President’s Bill) Yes

    US Dollar as the nation's currency using a gold standard--free of paper money and silver to cause deflation No

    Create a Highway Tax (Crisis Bill- Rev/Bud) Yes

    Repeal Capital Gains Tax No

    Repeal the Job Corps (Crisis Bill- Rev/Bud) No

    Judicial

    Ban and Criminalize the Sending of Obsence Material through US Postal Service No 

    AMPU Modern Day Playtest

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    4 hours ago, ebrk85 said:

    I agree as well. Every 2 years full cabinet change (minus 5 retained) seems ahistorical to me. You are also right we didn't do this in Warner's first term but the rules state we are supposed to.

    I am fine for us in this playtest to make an executive decision and not do a full cabinet shuffle.  You can make any changes you want (and probably should think about changing some or we get killed in the lingering phase again) but can also retain as many as you want.

     

    Do anyone object tot his?

    @Murrman104 @jnewt @Vicx @Hestia @pman @ShortKing @SilentLiberty @WVProgressive

    Sounds great to me

     

    AMPU Modern Day Playtest

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    4 hours ago, ebrk85 said:

    Thankfully no war has broken out!! So onto next phase...

    Executive Office 

    Action to President Warner @Hestia to sign or veto the following bills:

    S.R.2 Retire outdated Weaponry, tactics, training, military technology, and military officers (Crisis bill- rev and defense) 

    S.R.5 Federal excise tax on airfare (Crisis bill- rev/bud)

    H.R.3 Ban the practice of lynching nationwide (Crisis Bill- Domestic)

     

    Action to everyone to have their Govs vote on the following amendment:

    @pman @WVProgressive @Hestia @jnewt @Vicx @Murrman104

    H.R.4 Equal Rights for Women in legal matters, ownership, employment, etc. Amendment (Crisis bill- domestic)

     

    Aye

    AMPU Modern Day Playtest

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    S.R.1 Decrease Funding to NASA (Crisis Bill- rev/bud) -Aye

    S.R.2 Retire outdated Weaponry, tactics, training, military technology, and military officers (Crisis bill- rev and defense) - Aye

    S.R.3 Increase the size of the army (Crisis bill- defense) - Aye

    S.R.4 Prohibit the combining or merging of commercial and investment banking to curb speculation - Aye

    S.R.5 Federal excise tax on airfare (Crisis bill- rev/bud) - Aye

    H.R.1 Restrict the Use of Federal Troops to Enforce Domestic Policy (Crisis bill-domestic) - Aye

    H.R.2 (Package) - Aye

    Increase Debt Ceiling (Crisis bill- rev/bud)

    Tax Churches and other places of worship (Crisis bill-economic)

    H.R.3 Ban the practice of lynching nationwide (Crisis Bill- Domestic) - Aye

    H.R.4 Equal Rights for Women in legal matters, ownership, employment, etc. Amendment (Crisis bill- domestic) - Aye

    H.R.5 Require all adult resident immigrants to register with the Federal Government - Nay

    AMPU Modern Day Playtest

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted


    Senate Bills

    Domestic

    Cuts to Welfare Benefits (Crisis Bill- rev/bud)--------NO

    Foreign

    Decrease Funding to NASA (Crisis Bill- rev/bud)-----NO

    Retire outdated Weaponry, tactics, training, military technology, and military officers (Crisis bill- rev and defense)-YES

    Increase the size of the army *spending bill* (Crisis bill- defense)-YES

    Increase the size of the navy *spending bill* (Crisis bill- defense)-YES

    Economic

    Prohibit the combining or merging of commercial and investment banking to curb speculation- YES

    Federal excise tax on airfare (Crisis bill- rev/bud)- YES

    Child Tax Credit- YES

    Earned Income Tax Credit- YES

     

    House Bills

    Foreign

    Restrict the Federal Governments Use of Federal Troops to Enforce Domestic Policy (Crisis bill-domestic)-YES

    Update Weaponry, tactics, training, military technology, and promote young, promising military officers *spending bill* (Crisis bill- defense)- YES

    Create US Space Force *spending bill* (Crisis bill-defense)- YES

    Economic

    Increase Debt Ceiling (Crisis bill- rev/bud)- YES

    Tax Churches and other places of worship (Crisis bill-economic)- YES

    Judicial

    Ban the practice of lynching nationwide (Crisis Bill- Domestic)- YES

    Equal Rights for Women in legal matters, ownership, employment, etc. Amendment (Crisis bill- domestic)-YES

    Require all adult resident immigrants to register with the Federal Government- NO

    Does Donald Trump Drop Out Before the Primaries?

    in Political Forum

    Posted

    I don't think that trump would go out of his way to tease up his political comeback and than suddenly giving up on it. If he were to lose the primairy, I belive that it would go in two ways. Number one: Trump would run as an independent. I know that this is practically every democratic strategist's wet dream as this would ensure democratic victory in 2024 and a big rift in the GOP base but we must consider one thing, the erratic behavior of Trump. Trump is known for his erratic behavior with reason to as there has been mutiple cases where he went "power hungry" (First impeachment) and it wouldn't neccssary be a suprise that he might just be petty and run as an independent. The second way is that he decides to concede and let whoever wins run their own campaign aganist Biden. The reason I say this is even if Trump may seem erratic or "stupid", he knows the political landscape. He knows that he has a wide base from disgrunted democrats to literal neo nazis (Trump's recent comments during the Kanye Dinner). Either way, We will have to see whent he time comes. 

    Era of Populism Might Be Ending

    in A More Perfect Union (AMPU)

    Posted

    I think an era of bewilderment would best fit the name. The republican party most likely just got wiplash from the populist era of trump back to the era of "normalcy" while the democrats mostly remain the same. This can lead to limitless combonations of the wings that control the party (LW populist vs RW populist, LW Moderate vs RW Moderate, etc). This also fits into the definition of bewiderment (a feeling of being perplexed and confused) as people from both parties don't really know where to head next.

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