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Unsurprisingly as the incumbent as well as a key member of government I have put my name forward for being the party leader of the Liberal Party. While I do not think there are going to many if any other contenders and that I would win without having to publish an article, I thought I would take this opportunity to present my view of where the Liberal Party should stand on the 3 issues of Economics, Foreign Affairs and Defense.
The Economy:
While we may not currently have an economy due to being wiped I do not see this as a reason for us to not plan ahead for when we do have a running economy.
Minimum wage:
I do not think a minimum wage is necessary because there is enough competition for workers for there to be a high enough wage. It is just a redundant piece of legislation, and in the case that it did come into effect because of lowering wages the current level was set with numbers plucked out of thin air. There was no discussion as to what someone should be able to buy with their wage, or what the exchange rate is.
Government activity in economy:
I believe that the government should use its financial clout to run companies both in the UK and abroad as if it were a corporation. This will in the long run generate revenues far greater than what we would receive in tax revenues. Due to the economic module of the game there is no disadvantage for a government to run a company compared to a private citizen as you get in real life.
Taxes:
We have not been on the map long enough to be able to decide what a suitable level of taxation is, but I believe that all import tariffs should be at 1%, at a minimum the import tax on commodities and finished products which we do not control a high ourselves should be at 1%.
Defense:
I believe that we should try and get as many UK citizens into the national MU https://refugia.e-sim.org/militaryUnit.html?id=92 as possible, If you have not joined yet join now! Having as many citizens as possible in the MU will allow us to supply them with more supplies than they would be able to get in the private sector as well as allowing us to deal damage more effectively in the right places.
I also feel that it would be effective to set up a deal with another MU which is based in a country with high iron where we exchange food for weapons because due to our lack of a high iron region we will he having to buy our weapons on the market anyway. But currently we are still selling our surplus on the market to pay off our massive debts.
Foreign Affairs:
This is where our country needs to work the hardest, currently there has been a very relaxed approach to FA which is a contributing reason as to why we are not on the map. We desperately need people who can be on IRC chatting with other countries government just being friendly with them so that we have options when we do come under attack. While recently there have been some efforts to branch out and find friendly countries, not nearly enough has been done and if we want to survive being on the map for a month we are going to need to get our act together on both FA as well as defense.
I know it may not be the best written piece of information or the most effective at portraying my point but I felt I should put out a quick article with the DPC leadership at each others throats.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask me I will be on IRC or Discord a fair amount of the time, or just send me a PM in game.
link to IRC: https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=%23UK.Refugia&server=irc.rizon.net
link to discord: https://discord.gg/X2KpnVm
Thank you for reading,
Wolfages, Secretary of State, MoD
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