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Everything posted by GeneSmith
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I believe that's up to the transit systems. There is definitely one on these forums somewhere.
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Carbon tax really depends on (In my opinion) how much is used and how much we need. Because I don't know if in game that will be a thing. But if it is, I'll most likely tax it mainly because of the supply it brings. Different type of oils, gas and other fossil fuels. Abortion is a touchy subject but I'll handle it to the best of my abilities. While I value life and think everybody should be given a chance to make their mark on the world, I also believe woman should have a say so on if they want to got through with the 9 months of carrying a child and then the sometimes 24 hours of labor they go into. So I'm 50/50 on it but slightly more in the 'against' side. I assume as governor I would act as a near president of sorts. But with that being said, it would ultimately come to me. I would need to seek approval and then have other officials approve it also. That way I can't abuse any of my power.
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Small Business are something that hits home to me. A lot of small businesses have been run down because of bigger businesses sweeping in. My plan to help them is to have taxes according to income to reduce all debt. Depending on what that business makes they will have to pay a small percentage of that income to help with government funding for other job fields. But I wanna really makes sure they don't get run out. Well taxing for the 'Rich' is going to be the same all around. Say an upper class businessman, who makes roughly 500,000 dollars will be taxed according to what he makes annually. I play on have the upper class pay a bit more than lower and middle class to help with universal healthcare and to put a limit on most things. 5-10% for lower class, 10-15% for middle class and 15-20% for upper class. This was it's nearly fair in all wealth groups. Corruption is a difficult subject to touch base on. Considering not many would even know who or when it is being done, it's also difficult to gain evidence. I'm going to make an effort to have every police officer on the Island to be fitted with cameras so that we can see and hear. An officers job is to protect and serve and if they aren't living up to that then they will be relieved of their duties. As for other government officials, I will be maintaining a monthly sweep of all records that's mandatory for all government officials including myself. This is to ensure nobody is caught breaking the law to disrupt the balance of things. Welfare is also a very difficult thing to pin point. If I were to say "I will absolutely get this done." I would be telling a lie. I would get this done but for Welfare to be introduced into our community it would require even higher taxing for businesses and the lower class, which I'm afraid to do. I want everybody to be equal. I think if my plan to introduce more jobs failed I would appeal it and see if anybody thinks it would be a good idea. I say this because paired with universal healthcare it would take a large chunk of officers and paramedics salaries. If there are anymore questions please feel free to ask. I'm always open to suggestions and questions.
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So after a week of absense I've come to my conclusion for my campaign. I will continue with my attempts at free health care and tax people according to their annual income. This eliminates most of the unfairness in taxing so this way everybody pays the same percentages. This will help pay for free universal healthcare while also supplying the right equipment to our police force. I'm always accepting questions of any kind so if you like, please post them. Thank you for your time
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I was just wondering if any of you guys on the forums were writers of any kind. And if so maybe you could share your work with everybody.
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Well if I can see that more people don't mind the tax hike than I'll give universal healthcare. The main thing that I was told was that we'd have less money for working people. But even that was a bit false. But I'll change the taxing and give healthcare. I'd rather people be healthy than make a lot of money
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The only reason I've backed down on universal healthcare is because it would cut government spending as a whole. Universal Healthcare will take a huge chunk of the money that was already lost from the lower taxes. So it's either I don't lower taxes or I keep my plan for no universal healthcare.
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If you haven't already you can go read my campaign page and we can talk about any questions you may have with my running.
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If the government was willing to fund community service punishments for criminals I would see no objections to that. Obviously they would need to be guarded and supervised and that would cost money also. It's all about what our budget is and how we can work to improve on it.
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Well it all depends on the crime. If you commit murder than you'll be sent to prison for a while. But if you do something like hack a persons phone or sell a small amount of drugs you'll be put on a probation period. My plan for this is to limit the amount of things criminals can get. If they're on probation and try and buy things that they're known to commit crimes with they'll either be denied or arrested. I'll do a 3 strike rule. Don't do something three times or else you'll go to prison for a maximum sentence. I'm also always open to suggestions from the people. What you think is important to me mainly because without you guys I wouldn't be able to even run becaus I would have nobody to support me. So any suggestions are good ones.
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Well the main goal would to not completely take out taxes but lower them for a more economic focused community. Where there is no lower class only middle and upper. The healthcare system has been something I've been working on steadily to try and make happen but I can see that I've made a mistake by offering it. Mainly because the tax revenue would be cut nearly 90% so I would have trouble balancing it out. I've been asked about this and criticized for this many times. In the past four years from 2012 to 2016 the number of gun store robberies show a 22% jump in theft. Meaning that if there isn't a regulation on who can have them and who can't they'll just steal the guns anyways. Banning it would cause a revolt as he said mainly because people don't like it when their free will is tampered with. They want the freedom to do what they want. Think of it more as a reward system. If you're an upstanding citizen than you should be able to get guns. But if you've committed crimes you will be told you cannot have them. The underground sale of munitions is something I'm fully aware of if I try and pass this law. There's always going to be people making shortcuts to get weapons and I understand that. But my goal is to make the city safe rather than making it a utopia. I hope I answered all of your questions appropriately and tried to answer as many as possible. Thank you for your time everybody.
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While I fully know that they'll be in the game. I was more or less wondering how the guitars will be played? I just can't wrap my brain around how that would work. Does anybody know anything?
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I wanted to see who was running for Governor and if so what would you run for? I'm curious to see who I may be running against.
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"Jessie, let's cook."
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Maybe that's the type of music that can play in my club. Some relaxing chill music
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Rush is the shit. Radio station sounds super chill. I've actually got plans of housing my own radio station in my club. Maybe you could host it there if you wanted.
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Fuck man. Maybe you and I should make music.
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If I could find antique guitars or anything related to that I would go every time.
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I already knew it wasn't coming out mid this month. I was actually expecting some last minute of November when the clock strikes 11:59 pm.
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I'm planning on making a second club just for parties
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And if you were to invest are there other options you wanted to have for the club? Like within it?
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Okay, so you're asking 15% for stock options. So far I don't really have a problem with that.
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It all depends friend. Why and what are you looking to invest in?
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UPDATE: Herzog tailored suits will be on display at my club. Also looking for workers. I'll discuss pay at a later date