Office of Senator HappyWarrior

[HappyWarrior]

Hello everyone I'd just like to now share a few reasons why I feel I should be returned once again to the Senate by my region.  I know with a strong opponent and a partisan makeup that makes it pretty hard for me to win in the region that I am facing an uphill battle, however to put it simply I very much hope that the people of this region shall see fit and have faith in me to return me to the Senate for another term. 

One of the most important reasons is that during this past term I have proven to be one of the most active Senators within the chamber, continuously writing my own bills and helping others with theirs.   I have also throughtout my term shown myself to be a prominent, moderate voice of compromise.  I did not exclusively vote for either side and did in fact vote for North Carolina Yankee as the President Pro Tempore despite the fact that most of the liberals in the chamber supported Bacon King.  To put it simply this was because I knew NCY was the best man for the job.  In addition to these points I have also tried to do what was best for the region, specifically working with Governor Tmthforu to write our section of the stimulus bill which include my own pet project of a rural roads program which I would seek to expand if I am in fact granted a second term.  I truly hope that this region will once again send me back to the Senate again because to put it simply, I have done what I think is the best job that can be done by a Mideast Senator.  Thank you everyone.

[Badger]

Hello everyone I'd just like to now share a few reasons why I feel I should be returned once again to the Senate by my region.  I know with a strong opponent and a partisan makeup that makes it pretty hard for me to win in the region that I am facing an uphill battle, however to put it simply I very much hope that the people of this region shall see fit and have faith in me to return me to the Senate for another term. 

One of the most important reasons is that during this past term I have proven to be one of the most active Senators within the chamber, continuously writing my own bills and helping others with theirs.   I have also throughtout my term shown myself to be a prominent, moderate voice of compromise.  I did not exclusively vote for either side and did in fact vote for North Carolina Yankee as the President Pro Tempore despite the fact that most of the liberals in the chamber supported Bacon King.  To put it simply this was because I knew NCY was the best man for the job.  In addition to these points I have also tried to do what was best for the region, specifically working with Governor Tmthforu to write our section of the stimulus bill which include my own pet project of a rural roads program which I would seek to expand if I am in fact granted a second term.  I truly hope that this region will once again send me back to the Senate again because to put it simply, I have done what I think is the best job that can be done by a Mideast Senator.  Thank you everyone.

Your backing of Yank as PPT--something I was also more than willing to do in the Senate--shows you are willing to break party and ideological lines. Something our diverse region very much needs in the Senate.

[HappyWarrior]

Does anyone have any questions for me at all?  I'd really like to know what people are thinking and what they'd like to know.

[tmthforu94]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

[HappyWarrior]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

During this term I'd say something I've been quite proud of was my work on the Kudzu Eradication Bill which eventually would become a general invasive plant species bill through various amendments.  It might not seem like much to some people however Kudzu and plants like it cost Atlasian farmers millions of dollars every year and getting rid fo them will I think be a huge boon to the Atlasian agricultural industry. 

In terms of the time total that I have spent in the Senate I would say my work on codifying the role of the SOEA is something I can truly be proud of.  I am certainly someone who believes foreign policy should play a significant role in this game.  Thats why External Affairs will be something I'm really planning to focus in on in my next term should I in fact be reelected.

[California8429]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

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[Antonio the Sixth]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

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When you think calling "socialist" something you don't like authomatically wins you the argument... this is called ideological bankrupcy.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

During this term I'd say something I've been quite proud of was my work on the Kudzu Eradication Bill which eventually would become a general invasive plant species bill through various amendments.  It might not seem like much to some people however Kudzu and plants like it cost Atlasian farmers millions of dollars every year and getting rid fo them will I think be a huge boon to the Atlasian agricultural industry. 

not for us poor kudzu farmers

[HappyWarrior]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

During this term I'd say something I've been quite proud of was my work on the Kudzu Eradication Bill which eventually would become a general invasive plant species bill through various amendments.  It might not seem like much to some people however Kudzu and plants like it cost Atlasian farmers millions of dollars every year and getting rid fo them will I think be a huge boon to the Atlasian agricultural industry. 

not for us poor kudzu farmers

I assume this is a joke

[California8429]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

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When you think calling "socialist" something you don't like authomatically wins you the argument... this is called ideological bankrupcy.

How is it not socialist? A 99% tax on the rich. That leaves everyone with nothing. It is redistribution of wealth at it's peak. Not to mention the collapse of the economy if it passes, where everyone who could, would leave the country, and every corporation, would do the same. There's a reason we saw a great period of economic and cultural growth when capitalism really started to take off. This tax turns Atlasia into the Soviet Union economically.

[Yelnoc]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

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When you think calling "socialist" something you don't like authomatically wins you the argument... this is called ideological bankrupcy.

How is it not socialist? A 99% tax on the rich. That leaves everyone with nothing. It is redistribution of wealth at it's peak. Not to mention the collapse of the economy if it passes, where everyone who could, would leave the country, and every corporation, would do the same. There's a reason we saw a great period of economic and cultural growth when capitalism really started to take off. This tax turns Atlasia into the Soviet Union economically.

And it violates the principles of the Laffer curve; people won't bother working if the government takes all of their money, leading to decreased government revenue because of the sharp drop off in tax returns.  Unless of coarse you're going to pull a Stalin and set up Gulags in Alaska.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

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When you think calling "socialist" something you don't like authomatically wins you the argument... this is called ideological bankrupcy.

How is it not socialist? A 99% tax on the rich. That leaves everyone with nothing. It is redistribution of wealth at it's peak. Not to mention the collapse of the economy if it passes, where everyone who could, would leave the country, and every corporation, would do the same. There's a reason we saw a great period of economic and cultural growth when capitalism really started to take off. This tax turns Atlasia into the Soviet Union economically.

There are so much factually wrong statements in this post that I won't even bother answering.

[Franzl]

Did you forget to officially declare your candidacy or did I miss it?

[Franzl]

Did you forget to officially declare your candidacy or did I miss it?

Never mind. Found it

[Marokai Backbeat]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

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When you think calling "socialist" something you don't like authomatically wins you the argument... this is called ideological bankrupcy.

How is it not socialist? A 99% tax on the rich. That leaves everyone with nothing. It is redistribution of wealth at it's peak. Not to mention the collapse of the economy if it passes, where everyone who could, would leave the country, and every corporation, would do the same. There's a reason we saw a great period of economic and cultural growth when capitalism really started to take off. This tax turns Atlasia into the Soviet Union economically.

Good lord.

Leaving out the fact that I'm, you know, relatively sure there was more to communism than taxes, I'm curious about this mythical period where 'capitalism really started to take off" in which we experienced such amazing economic and cultural growth. Was it during slavery or child labor? When medicines and meat went virtually unregulated and entirely unlabeled? Or when immigrants were basically forced to work by the barrel of a gun? Or when we experienced long and frequent depressions due to horrible currency policies?

The time we actually had vast economic expansion that was fair and affected everyone, with great cultural development, was the post-WWII boom that lasted into the 70s. The so called "Golden Age of Capitalism", a time of much greater regulations, much more unionization, and an era where the top income tax rate was anywhere from 70% to 90%.

[California8429]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

^

When you think calling "socialist" something you don't like authomatically wins you the argument... this is called ideological bankrupcy.

How is it not socialist? A 99% tax on the rich. That leaves everyone with nothing. It is redistribution of wealth at it's peak. Not to mention the collapse of the economy if it passes, where everyone who could, would leave the country, and every corporation, would do the same. There's a reason we saw a great period of economic and cultural growth when capitalism really started to take off. This tax turns Atlasia into the Soviet Union economically.

Good lord.

Leaving out the fact that I'm, you know, relatively sure there was more to communism than taxes, I'm curious about this mythical period where 'capitalism really started to take off" in which we experienced such amazing economic and cultural growth. Was it during slavery or child labor? When medicines and meat went virtually unregulated and entirely unlabeled? Or when immigrants were basically forced to work by the barrel of a gun? Or when we experienced long and frequent depressions due to horrible currency policies?

The time we actually had vast economic expansion that was fair and affected everyone, with great cultural development, was the post-WWII boom that lasted into the 70s. The so called "Golden Age of Capitalism", a time of much greater regulations, much more unionization, and an era where the top income tax rate was anywhere from 70% to 90%.

First off, I thought you quit? That didn't last long. And yes, capitalism has had minor setbacks, but the long term saw better wages, women's rights, a strong, wealthy, and powerful middle class, the first the world really had ever seen. Capitalism is based off of competition, it was capitalism that got the world to end slavery by implementing wage labor because it was more efficient and the results were much better. But you cannot deny that this tax is socialist and kills the American Atlasian dream. Everything that a person has worked for, everything they have saved for, means nothing now when all of it goes to the government to spend. No, taxes weren't the only basis of communism, but it sure is a huge factor, distribution of the wealth, followed by a collapsing economy. Name one communist country in the world with a world renowned economy.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It's not communism nor socialism, but it was an excessive tax nonetheless.

And yes, Marokai retired, but he warned us that he'd chime in from time to time.

[Marokai Backbeat]

First off, I thought you quit? That didn't last long.

Did no one actually read what I said or have any recognition of the OTHER Atlasia retirees that still roam this place? Al posts from time to time and he stopped taking this place seriously years ago. Do I have to go into solitary confinement just because I retired from politics?

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Under right-wing Presidents in the last few decades wages for the lower classes almost always stagnate unless it's a time of unnatural boom. Under Reagan, incomes for the middle and lower class were essentially flat or nearly so. Under Bush, the average wage dropped by a number of roughly several thousand dollars. You can pull out the usual cop-out card of "they weren't REAL capitalists!" but each one of the things you listed were fathered by and prospered under much left-of-center individuals.

Women's rights saw their strongest breakthrough with the Populist movement at the end of the 1800s, people who wanted to institute a progressive income tax and nationalize several industries. The middle class was created by the institutions and regulations put into place by the New Deal. All of the things you listed came to be by movements and ideologies that sought to blend socialist and capitalist, individualistic and collectivist, philosophies, together.

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That's debatable at best. Slavery ended here because of war and direct government intervention. Plenty of other places ended slavery long before we did. You could probably better argue the opposite, that the United States lagged so long in abolishing slavery because of our more "capitalistic" roots.

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This is always a silly demand, but it's worth pointing out that the USSR was more than competitive economically for a very long time.

[RI]

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If a communist country cared about having a world renowned economy, they would be missing the point of communism all together.

It's not communism nor socialism, but it was an excessive tax nonetheless.

Strictly speaking, it is socialism, just not in the sense that it is most often used.

[HappyWarrior]

Everyone I'd just like to make one of what is likely my last appeals in anticipation of the election that will soon be coming.  However before I do make this appeal I would like to thank Junkie for running a good clean campaign.  I think the two of us have shown there is some civility still left in Atlasian politics and should he best me I will be proud to go down to so capable an up and comer.  Also should I lose I promise I will remain an active member of this game, rather than getting upset and proclaiming my disdain for it as many older members so often do.  In this time of change in the game I think it is important for at least a few of us old hands to be around to carry on and I am proud for the time I have spent doing all I can to make this game a better place.

Nonetheless I am still in it to win it and I aim to do so.  Should I be reelected as Senator I promise to carry on with my moderate and bipartisan spirit as I think I have shown in my time here in Atlasia and in my time as a Senator specifically.  I have voted for and against bills from across the ideological spectrum and have voted for and supported candidates in much the same way because I go with what I feel is best for the future of this game. 

I hope should I be reelected to work once again on agricultural reform as I did in my very first term in the Senate.  Should Tmth be elected President as I hope he does, he has said he will actively participate in foreign policy which I myself have always been an active participant in and which I am to be once again in my next term.  Another legislative goal is to work on expanding the rural roads program I set forth for our fair region in the stimulus bill and making it a national program.  I believe that improving and providing rural communities with transportation is something which can only strengthen their job and education oppurtunities.  Now these will not be the only things I hope to legislate on should I be reelected however they will be my initial focus. 

Thank you all for your time and I hope if you have any questions for me that you will simply ask them of me and I will be happy to answer them.

[HappyWarrior]

Everyone I would just like to encourage everyone to get out and vote, I simply ask that you support me for my Senate seat, I could use every single vote that I can get.  Please choose the moderate experience that is me, HappyWarrior!

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I like Social Revisionist HappyWarrior.

[HappyWarrior]

I like Social Revisionist HappyWarrior.

Social Revisionist?

[Antonio the Sixth]

I like Social Revisionist HappyWarrior.

He's an independent now.

[HappyWarrior]

My lord all of you thank you so much for returning me once again to the Atlasian Senate.  To be honest a week ago I felt that Junkie had this race won, however I was determined to keep the Mideast Senate Seat that I have loved so much in my time here.  I promise that I will make all those who voted for me, and all those who did not, proud to be represented by me. 

I would also like to thank my opponent, Junkie who is certainly an up and comer not only in the region but in Atlasia.  I'd also like to congratulate the other winners, Bgwah, Rowan, Kalwejt, and NCY.  All of them worked hard for their wins and will do quite well in the Senate.  Finally I'd like to congratulate my old friend Tmth, you did it buddy and I am proud to have supported your bid for the Presidency.  Now is the time to move on from the election and to the task of legislating.  Thank you everyone, for everything.