[NSG Senate] Senatorial Database

[Arkolon]

Oh, umm, alright. How about Senator Jones' stance on the labour market and how the regulation thereof should be administered?

Heavily deregulate, i.e. no minimum wage laws, allow employers to set work hours, allow employers to select employees however they see fit, etc.

Follow-up question, then: what does Senator Jones think should be done about, say, a large trade union were they to go on strike due to the absence of regulation you espouse?

[Kouralia]

What is Senator Jones' policy on piracy?

What kind of piracy?

Guess.

EDIT: i.e. the 'stealing cargo from ships' type of piracy

[West Aurelia]

Heavily deregulate, i.e. no minimum wage laws, allow employers to set work hours, allow employers to select employees however they see fit, etc.

Follow-up question, then: what does Senator Jones think should be done about, say, a large trade union were they to go on strike due to the absence of regulation you espouse?

Up to the companies affected to decide - they're the ones losing employees. If they wish to keep them, they'll have to listen to their demands and set reasonable company policies.

[West Aurelia]

What kind of piracy?

Guess.

Combat piracy with military forces if it threatens our nation's interests.

[Arkolon]

Follow-up question, then: what does Senator Jones think should be done about, say, a large trade union were they to go on strike due to the absence of regulation you espouse?

Up to the companies affected to decide - they're the ones losing employees. If they wish to keep them, they'll have to listen to their demands and set reasonable company policies.

Some labour isn't worth minimum wage, so the absence of a minimum wage law would result in workers not taking jobs best fitted for them because it does not pay well enough. Minimum wage jobs do, however, ensure that workers are paid fair (but meddled with) amounts, all the while not posing too much of a burden on the individual employer. This means that the only course of action would be to put up with a starving, impoverished underclass whose labour would anyway bring them to that situation, or to reintroduce a suitable minimum wage law. Employers only care about their employees: employers can't take care of the unemployed, so this is de facto a government's option. What would you suggest the government does to counter the mass strikes?

[West Aurelia]

Michael Jones is now closed for questions as I'm going to sleep. Any new questions will be answered tomorrow.

[Kouralia]

Guess.

Combat piracy with military forces if it threatens our nation's interests.

;_;

[Kazirstan]

Senator Antonella Acosta Is now open for questions.

[Nova Anglicana]

Agustín Tejeda is open for questions.

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

Jean-Luc Martin is open for questions.

[Arkolon]

Senator Antonella Acosta Is now open for questions.

What is Senator Acosta's stance on monetary policy?

[Arkolon]

Jean-Luc Martin is open for questions.

Agustín Tejeda is open for questions.

What are the stances on monetary policy of Senators Martin and Tejeda?

[Nova Anglicana]

What are the stances on monetary policy of Senators Martin and Tejeda?

Sra. Marino, I believe that our monetary policy should be at the service of those who most need it; that is, the poor. Our monetary policy should not punish them for their circumstances.

As for my constituents, many of them are farmers and would benefit from lower interest rates on loans, so that they can buy their seed and the necessary equipment to increase the yield of their land. I have seen many unscrupulous lenders give usurious loans to my neighbours that they have much trouble paying back. Nevertheless, I think that what would benefit my constituents more than monetary policy is land reform. We must bring an end to tenant farming and ensure that each family has land to care for, so that they may live with dignity and as free men and women.

[Arkolon]

What are the stances on monetary policy of Senators Martin and Tejeda?

As for my constituents, many of them are farmers and would benefit from lower interest rates on loans

Even at the expense of inflationary pressures?

[Nova Anglicana]

As for my constituents, many of them are farmers and would benefit from lower interest rates on loans

Even at the expense of inflationary pressures?

Yes. My constituents typically have very little liquid capital until they are able to sell their harvest, so maintaining the amount they have to pay back to a minimum is key.

OOC: Isn't this pretty much ECON 101 for farmers, that lower interest rates are better, even if it does cause inflation that hurts the cities somewhat?

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

What are the stances on monetary policy of Senators Martin and Tejeda?

I would currently support an expansionary monetary policy, because I feel that we need to tackle unemployment first and foremost. However, if inflation becomes a serious problem, then I would support a contractionary monetary policy. Currently however, unemployment is a far more serious issue.

[Fortschritte]

As always, Senator Orlando Santos is open to questions!

[Arkolon]

Even at the expense of inflationary pressures?

Yes. My constituents typically have very little liquid capital until they are able to sell their harvest, so maintaining the amount they have to pay back to a minimum is key.

OOC: Isn't this pretty much ECON 101 for farmers, that lower interest rates are better, even if it does cause inflation that hurts the cities somewhat?

OOC: Maybe; depends on where you were taught. Usually governments sponsor local farmers through subsidies or dish out easy credit to them through their own programs, seeing as ZIR/0% interest rate policy would affect the whole economy, not just one corner of it. The inflation is less great here.

I'm only here to ask uncomfortable and unsettling questions! It's great fun.

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

As always, Senator Orlando Santos is open to questions!

What is your stance on autonomy, not independence, for Adrius and other lingustic/ethnic minorities?

[Murkwood]

Religious breakdown (so far):
Catholic: 18
Dutch Protestant: 3
Orthodox: 1
Jewish: 2
Irreligious: 5
"Christian": 1
"Protestant": 1
Animist: 1
Disqualified: 1

[Zunkwentania]

Miguel Aracruz is still open, as always!

[Nova Anglicana]

Yes. My constituents typically have very little liquid capital until they are able to sell their harvest, so maintaining the amount they have to pay back to a minimum is key.

OOC: Isn't this pretty much ECON 101 for farmers, that lower interest rates are better, even if it does cause inflation that hurts the cities somewhat?

OOC: Maybe; depends on where you were taught. Usually governments sponsor local farmers through subsidies or dish out easy credit to them through their own programs, seeing as ZIR/0% interest rate policy would affect the whole economy, not just one corner of it. The inflation is less great here.

I'm only here to ask uncomfortable and unsettling questions! It's great fun.

OOC: I think that my senator would obviously support low-interest government loans to small farmers, but if that weren't an option, then I think he'd been in favor of low interest rates in general. But like I said, he's more concerned with getting individual families their own small plots of land rather than renting from a large landowner.

[Arkolon]

What are the stances on monetary policy of Senators Martin and Tejeda?

I would currently support an expansionary monetary policy, because I feel that we need to tackle unemployment first and foremost. However, if inflation becomes a serious problem, then I would support a contractionary monetary policy. Currently however, unemployment is a far more serious issue.

Follow-up question: considering your given positions, would you agree with a deregulated labour market? That is to say that employers can, and should be able to, hire and fire with minimal paperwork and minimal restrictions. Would this not instead solve the unemployment issue, or do you think of an alternative method?

[Mollary]

O' course Senator Artur Scargillo is open to questions.

[Nova Anglicana]

Miguel Aracruz is still open, as always!

Sen. Aracruz, what did you learn during your ten years away from the capital and what did you do as far as work? Also, what have you been up to since you were released from prison in 1998?