Bore/Nix for President

[bore]

Endorsed! I will be sending a large cash "donation" in the coming days!

Excellent news! We are extremely thankful for your donation and, in unrelated news, under a Bore/BK residency you will be eligible for a comfortable sinecure.

The Transcendental Democrats support this ticket.

Glorious news! Together we can build a New Commonwealth.

I knew it was only a matter of time before this happened. You have my enthusiastic support.

Thank you Lt Governor

[bore]

This team has my enthusiastic support, of course.

Thank you oakvale

[bore]

Oh how does the land herself rejoice over those news!

Thank you Senator Cranberry

Obviously endorsed!

Much appreciated Gass

[bore]

We'd like to welcome Potus/Maxwell and Cincy/Duke to the race. Hopefully we can have a clean issues based campaign

I feel as GM it would be wrong of me to endorse a ticket. I still feel that I will need to abstain as long as I'm in the job (Which may or may not be much longer)... Though if I could, you know I'd endorse you.

The sentiment is much appreciated Cynic. And I think I speak for everyone in atlasia in saying I'd rather have one less vote in a campaign than not have you as GM

[bore]

Today marks the unveiling of the first stage of me and BK's plan, if we were elected. We're not going to write an especially long manifesto, both because no one would read it, but also because these tend to obscure what we'd actually do in government. The first part is about the game, and what we'd do to change it.

Every presidential and even senate campaign begins by announcing a sweeping game reform agenda which will, at best, ground to a halt in the regions. To try and avoid this fate, if elected, we would focus on just one measure to tangibly improve atlasia.

The results from the Commission on Electoral Reform is further evidence for something we've all long suspected - at large elections as they exist at the moment are boring. Atlasia is primarily an elections game, and an election won more often by skillful mathematicians than skillful campaigners is not what we should be aiming for. If elected we'd try and push through the senate an amendment to the constitution changing class B seats from at large elections to districts.

One common argument against districts is it could lead to the extremes being forced out, but atlasia is so self segregating that we doubt this will be a problem. At the moment both the at large and regional seats are 4-1 left/centre left- centre right/right. A full blown communist has been elected regularly in a regional seat, and Deus came within two votes of beating me in the fairly moderate region.

There are two other minor game changes we'd like to propose in addition to this change. Firstly we'd aim to give the control of the federal reserve to either the SoIA or the senate, as at the moment the GM is judge jury and executioner. Secondly we'd aim to focus on that most important wiki issue, namely the constitution. At the moment it hasn't been update since Nix's presidency, and very soon, unless we take action, there could be chaos with different versions of it circulating.

Thank you, and if there are any questions we'd be happy to take them.

[bore]

Boy, does this sound familiar!

 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

[bore]

So, this thread is now open for any questions on the campaign, or how a bore/Bk administration would work

Fire away

[bore]

What would a Bore Administration do to help improve healthcare, employment and education rights for native Atlasians?

Thanks for the question Blair.

Taking your first question about healthcare, in the senate I authored a bill increasing the number of doctors being trained in atlasia to what is actually required, so healthcare has always been an issue of importance to me. I think our healthcare system is broadly good, and we all know the dangers of constantly tinkering with it, which hurts morale and runs up a huge administrative bill. Too often grand utopian visions crumble in the implementation.

One thing I would like to look into is relieving strain on Emergency staff. In Britain recently there has been a huge issue with overcrowded A and E's. Roughly 16% of visitors were people coming in when they should have been going to their GP or calling a staffed helpline, but in other cases they genuinely needed treatment, and waiting hours to get it can end up by hurting the patient and the state in the long term. I would as president try to encourage more trainees to go into emergency medicine, and also expand a and e facilities to have more beds.

With regard to education, again there is a real danger to revolutionary changes. Teachers can not keep up with a constantly changing curriculum, and all of us who have been in the first year of taking a course know how wrong it can go. Again, that said, we can and should make some changes, for instance a national free school meals program for the poorest children, as it is impossible to learn on an empty stomach.

Again on employment there are no easy answers and what works in one area may not work in others. One thing that I would like to do is ensure that large new government projects are not simply placed in wealthy, easy options, but are used to rejuvenate more economically depressed areas. That is why, for instance, I supported moving the Northeast's capital to Buffalo back during that debate.

[bore]

Reading your question again it occured to me that you might be referring to healthcare, education and employment specifically for native atlasians

What I said remains largely true for this more specific category, but I'd like to add one or two things as well.

Me and BK both voted for the senate to spend 150 million dollars to be distributed by the SoIA to help fund improvements among the Native Atlasian community and among atlasians still impacted by slavery today. I think we both believe that this microtargeting in this case will work much better.

One thing I would also like to do is implement on a federal level what then representative barnes proposed in my own region, the northeast. I think this could be a really useful tool in preserving native atlasian's unique culture.

[bore]

Question : With the rise of Terrorism, What would you do to combat it while maintaining respect for Islam as a religion ?

Thanks for the question jojoju1998, it's always good to have new atlasians coming through how are active and enthusiastic.

A bore administration would do everything possible to stop terrorism, as I suspect is true of any administration. We would fund our intelligence services so they are able to keep track of known radicals and we'd support measures to stop radicalisation, working in partnership with mosques and imams.

That said, we can't predict every lone gunman and we shouldn't sacrifice every liberty we have in what would be a fruitless attempt to. Like so many things, this is a difficult balancing act.

What will you do to reduce rural poverty in Atlasia?

Like many of the issues I've already talked about there isn't an easy answer here.

One thing I would like to do though is improve rural public transport. The government spends billions a year on mass transit in cities like New York, and that is very important. But for a fraction of that we could help to subsidise a reliable bus service linking rural communities. This would allow people living in rural areas the chance to commute to work cheaply while still staying in their areas of birth. I think another thing that could be done is a tax on second homes. Many picturesque rural areas have house prices driven up by holiday home buying urban dwellers, which stops locals staying in their own area and deprives the town's economy of people paying regular bills.

[bore]

I endorse you. You seem more sane than me. I just have one question. What new Ideas do you propose to reduce Child Hunger ?

Thank you for your endorsement

In answer to your question, as I was talking about earlier, one thing I would support is an expanded free school meals program, which should guarantee that all children have some food every day. Besides that the issue of child hunger can not be separated from broader efforts to reduce poverty, for instance by maintaining and increasing where possible programs for the jobless.

[bore]

Any more questions?

[bore]

If you were elected, in what ways do you think your administration's foreign policy would differ from the foreign policy of a theoretical Maxwell/Dallasfan administration?

Broadly speaking it would not be too disimilar, but I imagine I would be more interventionist than Maxwell.

On an issue like ISIS I don't think it is morally acceptable for us not to try and stop them however we can. Obviously missions should, for instance, be ran through with, say, the kurds or jordanians so that they are as effective as possible, but we should still be willing and able to intervene.

I think, as the richest and most militarily powerful country in the world we have a sort of moral obligation to do something in awful situations like these. Just as a billionaire should, morally speaking, give a large portion of their wealth to charity so we too should do what we can.

[bore]

Bumping this again.

Does anyone have anymore questions? I don't bite

[bore]

Will anyone in your cabinet bite? how about your staff?

Hypothetical President Bore inspects cabinet. For the record, only the big one would be bitey.

[bore]

Question. If you and Bacon King were elected, and Bacon King could not serve for one reason or another,  would you commit to appointing another member of The People's Party in his place?

If Bacon King could not, for whatever reason, serve then I can commit that I would, barring an extremely unlikely scenario like everyone but Potus (sorry ) not wanting to be VP, replace him with a member of TPP.

The reason for this are twofold. Firstly I'm a great believer that the will of the voters be respected, and if I were to win, the voters wanted a member of TPP, so they should get one. Secondly I think it's really important that people see a potential bore administration as for all atlasians, regardless of party, and having diversity in partisan allegiance on the ticket reflects that.

[bore]

Tonight our whole nation is united in concern for the injured guard, and worry about who are behind this horrible attack. Like all atlasians, myself and BK's thoughts are with the guard and his family at this difficult time.

It is too early to say who is behind this attack, and we must not jump to conclusions. We can and should increase security at all locations likely to be attacked, but Speaker Maxwell is right that we must discover who is behind this before making other changes.

[bore]

Ladies and Gentlemen of Atlasia

Tomorrow morning, when I wake up, voting in the presidential elections shall have begun. In short, we have reached the end of the campaign.

It's been one of the most exciting campaigns I've experienced, with lots of ups and downs for me, maxwell and JCL, but a man can only campaign for so long, and whatever this weekend's vote, I'm looking forward to a more peaceful next few months.

Over the last two months I've been interviewed by Barnes, engaged in a debate with potus and underwent a lively town hall (If there are any more questions though I'm still happy to answer them), all of which have been very valuable experiences, and, I hope, enabled our ticket to get its message across.

Why, then, should atlasians vote for bore/BK? We believe our ticket represents the values of atlasia better than our opponents. We are committed to alleviating poverty and oppression wherever we can. We are experienced, there are few offices which Bacon King has not been in, and I've been in the senate long enough to know how to get bills passed with a broad consensus. We are not partisans, both myself and BK have and are willing to go against the majority in our parties according to what is best for all of atlasia. And, perhaps most importantly, we are committed to treating everyone in the game with respect, and trying to turn atlasia into a more enjoyable and interesting game.

Thank you and Good night.

[bore]

People of Atlasia,

Firstly and most importantly, I'd like to thank each and every voter in the election. We are honoured and humbled by your support, and will do everything we can not to let you down.

I'd like to thank Maxwell and JCL for running issues based active campaigns, and I think I speak for everyone in atlas when I say that we hope they continue providing their considerable skills to the whole country.

I'd like to congratulate talley, hagrid, cranberry, windjammer and TNF, and look forward to working with them over the next few months, as well as the winners in regional elections. Commiserations to all who lost as well.

Over the next few weeks I plan on keeping you all up to date with details of the transition, and I am already looking forward to the challenge ahead.

Thank you.

[bore]

While a lengthier statement is being prepared by myself and my opponents in the recent election to show a united front, I'd like to make clear that terrorism and threats of violence are never acceptable, and I urge all atlasians to report anything they know about this group to the appropriate authorities. I endeavour to do anything I can to help stop this.


On a somewhat lighter note I'd like to say that applications are now open for spots in the cabinet, and no spots are definitive apart from SOFE. I do appreciate the great work that current members of the cabinet are doing and I encourage them to reapply, but, as the right are so fond of pointing out , competition is a good thing and the more open this process is the better. To apply just pm me.

[bore]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are all shocked and appalled by the bombing in Topeka, and, like everyone else in atlasia, I'd like to extend my condolences to the friends and families of those murdered.

I'd also like to applaud the measures taken by President Lumine, and urge all citizens to remain calm and nonviolent. Senator Polnut is right that we must not let a few terrorists change our tolerant values.

[bore]

Thank you everyone for your applications so far.

So everyone knows, I have decided on an RG, but the other positions of AG, SoEA and SoIA are still open for applications. All applications will be considered and I will get back to individual applicant over the course of the next week.

[bore]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It has been a long, and at times difficult, 3 months.

We've suffered an internal rebellion and numerous difficulties in foreign policy, we've had a dull at large election, and, at times, a lack of activity on the AFE board.

Yet, in many other important ways, I'm proved of what we've done. We've fixed the minimum wage at a living amount, helped the oppressed abroad in Kurdistan and Nigeria and made banking easier for the elderly and those distant from the cities by allowing the Post Office to handle some aspects of it, among many other accomplishments.

I am proud to say that all of my cabinet members have done an exemplary job. As RG Griffin has done a spectacular job making our current rolls available to everyone to see, SoEA Superique and SoIA Barnes along with Blair his deputy have done an astonishing job helping me pursue this administration's goals both in public and in private. AG Al has been an incredible legal guide, bringing his insight to the senate floor on multiple occasions and will hopefully also soon introduce his reworking of atlasian law. Nix has been invaluable both in public and in private in advising me on a whole range of policy issues and Homely, as ever, has been an exceptional public servant.

We have also done a lot to improve the game. For the first time in nearly 2 years there is an up to date and clear version of the constitution on the wiki and, though I was saddened by the result, the debate over the ERA was a credit to Clyde and Oakvale, and produced one of the liveliest and best debates I have been a part of in my time in atlasia.

There is still much to do when it comes to building a fairer country and a better game. The recent poll by Earl shows that the vast majority of atlasians want some sort of reform of the electoral system, whether that will be the ERA, bicameralism or something else entirely is up for debate, but the current system is no longer fit for purpose.

I am looking forward to the campaign over the month to come and I hope that we can once again earn the trust of the atlasian people.

Thank you.

[bore]

We've suffered an internal rebellion and numerous difficulties in foreign policy

Always happy to help.

Something can be good for us players and bad for the nation

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Obviously endorsed.

Thank you everyone! It is much appreciated


If anyone has any questions on any subject they are more than welcome to ask them here.

[bore]

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Thank you, everyone