- Rules for the First Ransenari Tynwald Election
[u][b]Mandatory Election Sign Up Form[/b][/u] wrote:Name of Political Party/Movement/Faction:
Name of Leader:
Copy of Statement of Beliefs/Link to Published Statement of Beliefs:
Quiz on Ransenari Political Positions:
Issues
Binge Drinking
Internal Security
Healthcare
Jobs
Privatization
National Unity
Social Welfare
Drugs
Tax Reform
(Each policy position has a number, 1-5. One is considered the most hardcore left wing position. Five is the most hardcore right wing position.)
//Binge Drinking
1 - Nordic-style government monopoly to ensure responsible drinking.
2 - Encourage a more moderate drinking culture.
3 - Alcohol is a perfectly acceptable part of our society.
4 - Alcohol abuse is a serious problem. Deny drunks emergency medical treatment.
5 - Alcohol is a threat to our society. Restrict access to it.
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//Internal Security
1 - Roll back all internal security regulations; as they violate individual freedom and establish a police state.
2 - Scale back police powers and restore due process rights. We must defend our civil liberties.
3 - Security regulations are fine the way they are. Beef up the security services' budget and manpower.
4 - Make tough security measures permanent and crack down on terrorists and criminals.
5 - Establish martial law immediately and restore the death penalty to punish enemies.
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// Healthcare
1 - Replace current system with a single-payer health care system. Establish a Ransenari health service to employ doctors and nurses.
2 - Create a public health insurance program to cover the uninsured. Secure universal health care through public and private means.
3 - Achieve universal health care through mandatory purchase of competing private health insurers. Subsidize low-income, unemployed and pregnant patients.
4 - Increase tax incentives for people to buy insurance. Restrict medical malpractice lawsuits. Encourage private hospitals and clinics.
5 - Privatise all current public hospitals and clinics. Deregulate the health insurance market to promote competition.
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//Jobs
1 - Massive public works and welfare programs. Restructure companies into union-owned cooperatives.
2 - Preserve worker and union rights. Mandate a 35-hour workweek. Create regional infrastructure program.
3 - Inject a stimulus package to combat unemployment. Provide retraining programs for the unemployed.
4 - Relax dismissal protection. Protect public services from strikes. Create a welfare-to-work program.
5 - Outlaw strikes and crack down on unions. Repeal employment protection. Terminate unemployment benefits.
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// Privatization
1 - Support a large-scale nationalization programme to take over all private industries.
2 - It was a mistake to privatize manufacturing, transport, and finance. Re-nationalize them.
3 - Put a hold on privatization plans, but encourage competition in appropriate markets.
4 - More competition in markets. Privatize companies owned by the Comital Government through vouchers.
5 - Completely privatize all remaining public companies! Sell off these assets to the private sector.
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//National Unity
1 - Allow States full sovereignty with the right to secede
2 - Home rule for States that are active
3 - Strengthen Shirekeep's supremacy over State and territorial governments
4 - Reform to create a strong central government and oppose devolution
5 - Impose direct rule from Shirekeep with an iron fist
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//Social Welfare
1 - The state should take care of everyone from cradle to grave
2 - Introduce unemployment benefits and universal healthcare
3 - Establish social security and modernise hospitals
4 - No to welfare state expansion as it rewards the lazy
5 - Return to the old poor law system, reduce burdens on society
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//Drugs
1 - Prohibition has been a total failure. Pardon all prisoners. Legalize and regulate all currently illegal drugs.
2 - Focus on rehabilitation, harm reduction, and decriminalization. Legalize marijuana production and possession.
3 - Provide greater rehabilitation services for drug addicts, but crack down on dealers and cartels.
4 - Drugs are destroying our society. Toughen laws for illegal drugs, and increase enforcement.
5 - The Comital Government needs a war on drugs to eliminate this scourge. Unleash the armed forces upon the cartels.
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//Tax Reform
1 - Top income tax rate of 70% along with a negative rate for low incomes. Impose "wealth tax" on the wealthy and corporations.
2 - Top income tax rate of 50%. Enact a financial transactions tax. Close loopholes and crack down on tax evasion by the wealthy.
3 - Reduce income taxes for lower and middle income and for small businesses. Reduce VAT rate.
4 - Reduce income tax rates across-the-board by 5%. Reduce corporate taxes. Close some loopholes.
5 - Establish a flat income tax of 17% for individuals and corporations. Shift to indirect taxation.
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