NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: Stating my domestic goals for the near future. I ultimately plan to turn this into a Meiji Restoration-type thing.

IC:

This is Jack Donaldson, reporting live for Channel 4 News. Today, Premier MacIntyre has released a report, calling for a "New Socialism."

The initiative calls for:

- Bases on Mars and the Moon in two-five years.
- Subsidization of childcare and maternity aids, and a liberalization of immigration policy to help promote population growth.
- A People's Development Finance Corporation to entreprenuers and farmers wishing to go into business.
- A $30,000,000,000 investment in upgrading schools and colleges with new texts and to place an emphasis on the sciences.
- A government initiative to promote urban renewal and forward looking culture.
- Increased Military Spending and Expansion of Socialism across the Solar System.
- Development of domestic technologies as well as acqusition of technologies from other civilized nations.
- Allowance for further expansion of small and medium sized businesses, as well as partial privitization of large corporations.
- Allowance of small businessmen to actively join the Party.


The Premier's Goals are currently being debated in the Politburo, and concrete initiatives are to be planned soon.

This is Jack Donaldson, reporting live for Channel 4 News. Today, the "New Socialism" experienced its first legislative victory. The Small Business Act, passed by a 234-40 vote in the Politburo, authorizes $30,000,000,000 at present to be used to present small businessmen and farmers with startup capital in the form of low interest loans via the People's Development Finance Corporation. Also, the PDFC also is authorized to ensure bank accounts with up to $50,000, adding to the existing government backup of $50,000.

The bill becomes effective in one month. Already, reports indicate that potential recipients have filed claims.

Today, in the wake of the Small Business Act, Premier MacIntyre has announced the passing of the Comradeship Extension Act.

The act effectively rewrites the entrance into party membership, as it now creates the provision that one must:

- Take a test demonstating basic knowledge of Socialism
- Pay a flat $50 membership dues fee every month

However, the previous provisions on barring immigrants or businessmen have been removed. The Act also provides for up to $2,000,000,000 in Party money to finance education campaigns about Socialism elsewhere.

The Act also provides for a lifting of restrictions upon small and medium sized business, as the law now provides that those seekign licenses merely attend business school for two years and pay $50.