OOC: Maybe Leningrad did not surrender because there was nobody alive in the city? 
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No civilians, no. There were still military men alive... though they did not live for terribly long. In addition the number of Germans facing them was far lower than might be expected.OOC: Maybe Leningrad did not surrender because there was nobody alive in the city?
The Christian Democrats will support our fellow liberal deputy for the position of the speaker. We feel he is very qualified and will honour the position of the Speaker and will excellently present the Bundestag.
– Hannelore Vogt
– Hannelore Vogt
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Since we have not received any answer from the Greens, we will abstain in this votation, as no candidate seems a proper representative of German workers.
Ralf Decker, Labour Party
Although the green party thinks very highly of the candidate Karl Krause, we believe that Viktor Kappel is the best candidate to become Reichstagspräsident. We sincerely hope that the Labour Party will change their mind, and vote in favor of our candidate. This would be seen as a good step on the way to a possible coalition after the election.
-Fritz Bauer, Green Party
OOC: To the labour party: Sorry that i didn´t contact you, but i was sick in bed for the last 2 days.
-Fritz Bauer, Green Party
OOC: To the labour party: Sorry that i didn´t contact you, but i was sick in bed for the last 2 days.
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(((Not that i have a problem with you voting for my candidate, but i wanted to tell you that you are currently voting for a green candidate.
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You'll want to read some of how this game operates, as it operates differently from games I've run in the past elsewhere. I'll give you the short of it in a few days.
Half of the Labour Party has decided to act against the leadership, and has split their vote 3 ways.
The Christian Democrats, given no marching orders, have split their vote half-half for the most qualified, and, for the candidate of the coalition.
Results:
177 - Fleischer
137 - Kappel
56 - Krause
30 - Not Voting
Second round:
The 150 members voting based on qualification have now split half-half
Labour's members have now doubled up on the candidate closer to their own political views (12 VS 6)
Results:
202 - Fleischer
168 - Kappel
30 - Not Voting
Leon Fleischer has been elected as Speaker.
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I will work on the getting the budget pack out ASAP.
For the moment the duty of each party is to come up with 1 piece of legislation. You won't have time to present it before the election, but, it will be good to campaign on.
The Christian Democrats, given no marching orders, have split their vote half-half for the most qualified, and, for the candidate of the coalition.
Results:
177 - Fleischer
137 - Kappel
56 - Krause
30 - Not Voting
Second round:
The 150 members voting based on qualification have now split half-half
Labour's members have now doubled up on the candidate closer to their own political views (12 VS 6)
Results:
202 - Fleischer
168 - Kappel
30 - Not Voting
Leon Fleischer has been elected as Speaker.
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I will work on the getting the budget pack out ASAP.
For the moment the duty of each party is to come up with 1 piece of legislation. You won't have time to present it before the election, but, it will be good to campaign on.
Here's an example of some legislation that already exists in law, so you have an idea of what I'd like to see. In short, your legislation must have 3 parts. A Title
(referencing the current in-game year, in this case, 2000) a quite "Purpose" section, explaining what it does (generally, this should fill up a single tweet, give or take) and some details, explaining it in greater detail.
Title: Transit Grant Act of 1971
Purpose: To provide grants to those public transit agencies within Germany that purchase German-made transit vehicles.
Details: This bill proposes that any vehicle (Bus, Train, LRT, etc) used for local and regional land-based public transit within Germany will receive a grant from the national government, so long as that vehicle is built within Germany. Note that this does not include air or sea based transportation methods.
Any vehicle that has it's material and labour 75% built within Germany will qualify. As well, final assembly must take place within Germany. Any qualifying vehicle receives a 75% grant from the national government for any municipal or provincial agency wishing to purchase these vehicles for use in public transit. Note that private agencies, such as universities or theme parks, do not qualify for this grant.
The 75% figure is to allow for materials not commonly produced within Germany to be used despite being imported. For example, oil lubrication for engine parts, or, iron ore needed to smelt the steel for the engines itself. The 75% will be calculated based on the Reichsmark value of both the labour and materials combined.
Qualifying vehicles may be purchased at 25% of the listed price. Payments to vehicle manufactures occurs once monthly based on the estimated sales for the next month, minus or plus any difference between the estimated sales for the past months and the real figure.
Funding comes from the Department of Transportation.
DO NOT BE AFRAID OF PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE IN LAW!
In short, anything you propose will be good by me. The only exceptions are things already mentioned (The anti-NAZI laws) or things that every modern first-world multi-party democracy would have without doubt or question. Beyond that I'm presuming a blank slate. Anything you propose thus means that that bill did not yet exist in law.
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A note on Currency. Germany uses the Reichsmark. Most European nations have their own currencies, but a small number do not. Burgundy has never had it's own currency and has used the Reichsmark since it's founding. Denmark adopted the currency during the war and never switched back. Italy suffered a series of economic shocks in 1956, 1958, and 1959, and was "recommended" to use the currency by the German government. Italy fully converted by 1961 and now uses the Reichsmark as it's sole currency.
Since that date, the currency has from time to time been called the "European Reichsmark" or the "Euromark" Following The Fall, the image on the obverse of all coins was changed from a picture of Hitler, to a map of Europe, highlighting the former Holy Roman Empire - all of which area now uses this currency - and the symbol € was added to the map. This is thus the official symbol for the currency.
Note however that some old-school corporations still use RM, R, or even M to indicate the currency. Others, specifically those that do frequent trade with the UK or USA, erroneously use $ and £. In general, anyone using those symbols and not using the official symbol of € are not punished, so long as it's relatively clear that one is speaking about Euromarks and not another currency.
Between 1995 and 2000 the rate of exchange between all 3 currencies has hovered between 0.95 and 1.05. Thus all 3 are seen as interchangeable. This, however, has not always been the case. All 3 governments have unofficially tried to keep the currencies within the same range to ease trade.
(referencing the current in-game year, in this case, 2000) a quite "Purpose" section, explaining what it does (generally, this should fill up a single tweet, give or take) and some details, explaining it in greater detail.
Title: Transit Grant Act of 1971
Purpose: To provide grants to those public transit agencies within Germany that purchase German-made transit vehicles.
Details: This bill proposes that any vehicle (Bus, Train, LRT, etc) used for local and regional land-based public transit within Germany will receive a grant from the national government, so long as that vehicle is built within Germany. Note that this does not include air or sea based transportation methods.
Any vehicle that has it's material and labour 75% built within Germany will qualify. As well, final assembly must take place within Germany. Any qualifying vehicle receives a 75% grant from the national government for any municipal or provincial agency wishing to purchase these vehicles for use in public transit. Note that private agencies, such as universities or theme parks, do not qualify for this grant.
The 75% figure is to allow for materials not commonly produced within Germany to be used despite being imported. For example, oil lubrication for engine parts, or, iron ore needed to smelt the steel for the engines itself. The 75% will be calculated based on the Reichsmark value of both the labour and materials combined.
Qualifying vehicles may be purchased at 25% of the listed price. Payments to vehicle manufactures occurs once monthly based on the estimated sales for the next month, minus or plus any difference between the estimated sales for the past months and the real figure.
Funding comes from the Department of Transportation.
DO NOT BE AFRAID OF PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE IN LAW!
In short, anything you propose will be good by me. The only exceptions are things already mentioned (The anti-NAZI laws) or things that every modern first-world multi-party democracy would have without doubt or question. Beyond that I'm presuming a blank slate. Anything you propose thus means that that bill did not yet exist in law.
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A note on Currency. Germany uses the Reichsmark. Most European nations have their own currencies, but a small number do not. Burgundy has never had it's own currency and has used the Reichsmark since it's founding. Denmark adopted the currency during the war and never switched back. Italy suffered a series of economic shocks in 1956, 1958, and 1959, and was "recommended" to use the currency by the German government. Italy fully converted by 1961 and now uses the Reichsmark as it's sole currency.
Since that date, the currency has from time to time been called the "European Reichsmark" or the "Euromark" Following The Fall, the image on the obverse of all coins was changed from a picture of Hitler, to a map of Europe, highlighting the former Holy Roman Empire - all of which area now uses this currency - and the symbol € was added to the map. This is thus the official symbol for the currency.
Note however that some old-school corporations still use RM, R, or even M to indicate the currency. Others, specifically those that do frequent trade with the UK or USA, erroneously use $ and £. In general, anyone using those symbols and not using the official symbol of € are not punished, so long as it's relatively clear that one is speaking about Euromarks and not another currency.
Between 1995 and 2000 the rate of exchange between all 3 currencies has hovered between 0.95 and 1.05. Thus all 3 are seen as interchangeable. This, however, has not always been the case. All 3 governments have unofficially tried to keep the currencies within the same range to ease trade.
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Budget pack is up
http://www.2shared.com/file/9wycyqIf/ATFpak2000.html
This year has a very easy to 'balance' budget.
Note that your target is a deficit of 1% of the GDP. You could try to balance it outright, but your party would likely stop you, as, there is no appetite for this at the time, and by running a deficit and paying interest, you are, in a way, subsidizing the banks (who all give your parties nice big contributions at election time) as well as the public though bonds (and they love their bonds, especially the grandmothers)
http://www.2shared.com/file/9wycyqIf/ATFpak2000.html
This year has a very easy to 'balance' budget.
Note that your target is a deficit of 1% of the GDP. You could try to balance it outright, but your party would likely stop you, as, there is no appetite for this at the time, and by running a deficit and paying interest, you are, in a way, subsidizing the banks (who all give your parties nice big contributions at election time) as well as the public though bonds (and they love their bonds, especially the grandmothers)
OOC: So should I create a legislation to be accepted? Or do I become accepted and then write legislation?
You are already the player for the Liberals, so you can write the legislation.
OOC: Not fully, but atleast enough to get out of the bed again.
And, a short question to Nickjbor: Do you have to be in the coalition to propose a budget, or could a opposition party suggest a budget too?
You can propose your own budget, but traditionally, you wait to see what the government proposes first.
Also note I'll be making some language changes to the budget as I wrote it just before going to bed. The numbers won't be changing.
Also note I'll be making some language changes to the budget as I wrote it just before going to bed. The numbers won't be changing.
Example:
Universal Single Payer Healthcare.
Does Germany have it? Maybe.
If you propose it, that means it does not. However, look at the current budget. Proposing it may increase costs, are you willing to risk this in exchange for an attempt to gain political points?
If you propose it, you will then be given details on what systems are currently in place.
Also on the updated budget text, that will be uploaded shortly.
There is no official deadline on the budget beyond it's due ASAP. It must be submitted by the party of the finance minister (Conservative) though it is presumed that all coalition parties that are willing will have input.
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70% of the debt is held by foreign interests. Of those...
22% is held by the United States
21% is held by the United Kingdom
17% is held by Japan
7% is held by France
3% is held by the Soviet Union
2% is held by Italy
2% is held by Canada
2% is held by India
2% is held by Brazil
2% is held by Arabia
20% is held by a variety of other countries, each holding less than 2% of the debt.
It should be noted that Germany holds large amounts (over 15%) of public debt in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.