Friends -
With the blessing of Chairman North Carolina Yankee, we have decided to address the Federalist convention to accept Senator Lumine's nomination of our ticket for consideration of your party's endorsement.
For those of you who don't already know me, I have received the Federalist Party endorsement before. Without going back into the trenches of the archives of Atlasia,
I was endorsed for a second term as Governor of the Northeast by the Federalists, and in addition possibly while running for Northeast Assembly.
I appointed now Federalist Senator Goldwater as my Lieutenant Governor during my time as Governor. I championed his Free Enterprise Zones Act --which is now law. The bill sought to it ease regulations for businesses in order to do what they do best in cities all around the Northeast.
In addition, I vetoed the Private Sector Job Tenure Act because I thought it would hurt businesses' and I've openly spoken out against Senator TNF's Codetermination Bill. During my time in the Northeast Assembly I was a bit of a stickler for quality legislation. I still am. If bills did not explain how they were funded, I was likely to vote against it. As Governor, I was fiscally responsible. I
passed two budgets. Both kept a surplus. Both invested in infrastructure. Both lowered taxes across the board. We halved the sales tax, and lowered taxes on all income levels. We also expanded education in the Northeast. Every Northeast resident can now go to college or university for free. I realize this isn't something you would normally bring up to the Federalists, but I am because here's the kicker.
The GM report came back and said it was cheaper than the programs the Northeast was using to subsidize college and university education. Dallasfan and I have both worked across the aisle. We believe that progress is made when we try to involve everyone.
People want to be part of the solution, you just have to ask them. Many of you are familiar with Dallasfan due to his long service in Atlasia. He's served as Governor of the Northeast, Chief Judicial Officer, Senator from the Northeast, Senator-at-large and Vice President --to name a few.
Dallasfan has championed transparency in government. I supported his bill to have police officers wear small cameras on their uniforms. This law not only protected police officers, but it protects citizens by establishing more accountability. And like myself, Dallasfan in his most recent budget lowered taxes again while keeping a surplus.
What I like most about Dallasfan is that, like myself, he is not on ideologue. He has ideas he wants to pursue, but when he sees that it doesn't work, he is not going to push it.
We have both said before --if a GM report comes back, and its going to affect people negatively, then we're not going to pursue it. We are realistic and flexible when it comes to public policy. Being flexible doesn't mean we won't fight for our goals --of course we will, but we know when its time to compromise.
There were some attacks on Dallasfan in this thread by our opponent, and they were unwarranted. The frankly, disgusting, accusations made would never happen under my Administration.
I spoke with one member of the Federalist Party recently who was against single-payer health insurance. Dallasfan and I both support a better health system for Atlasia, and we think single-payer would be the most effective. This member of the Federalist Party did not, support single payer. He did not believe it would work.
Here's the problem with that:
The Game Engine is broken. We don't have a GM who will even tell us if a bill will work or not. I'd back a market health care proposal if an analysis came back and said, "hey, this works better!" but we're not going to see that because we need to fix the engine of the game in order to keep moving forward.
This is the most important part of the game. I served as GM. It was dreadful. It's too much for one person. When I resigned and Averroes came in, he said it was every bit as dreadful as I described.
We need a team to run the Game Engine. I've proposed separating the GM, and the "Game Engine Team" from the cabinet. SOIA and SOEA would leave the cabinet. The SOEA would become the GM's narrator for foreign affairs. The SOIA would be split in two, and they would be regional narrators. Regional narrators would offer narratives for the regions and analyze bills under the direction of the GM. The foreign narrator would do the same, but for foreign events.
This reform only creates one more position, and it reduces the workload of the GM substantially. The GM job is hard to fill, but it will be
easier when the work load is lessened.
We don't claim that this is a golden solution to our problems, but we do believe in debating it and bringing it to the Senate. Hagrid also has a proposal for game reform that I'd like to hear about as well.
I realize, I wrote a lot so if you'd like to see more of our platform here it is:
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=164259.msg4159783#msg4159783In that thread, we outlined our ideas for comprehensive welfare reform, activity, on federal elections, drones, copyright, and more.
Our opponents have kept attacking us on why we shouldn't get your nomination, but they're not even in your party.
The Federalists know best on why someone should or should not get their party's nomination -- thats why we had opted to not address the convention until North Carolina Yankee gave the "okay."
Our record and our accomplishments is the most important indicator of what you're likely to see from Dallasfan and I if elected. We're realistic, we're pragmatic and we've stood with the Federalist Party before and I'm sure we will stand with them again. Thank you for your time, and I hope you'll consider us for your nomination.
-SirNick
