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by Fidimouni » Sat Jun 04, 2022 2:40 pm
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January 6, 2022
17:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Alan Castañeda visited headquarters of a start-up company.
Excerpt: "Our vision for Carbania is that of a start-up nation. That's why we aim to bring big changes that will support Carbanian start-up and businesses. We shall simplify our tax code and reduce the overall tax burden of individuals and businesses. We shall completely digitize public administration in order to reduce rate tape and eliminate needless paperwork and waste of time. We shall put an end to needless regulations that strangle businesses and add-up costs which business-owners then have to pass up to consumers. A PLP administration shall be a business-friendly administration."
January 8, 2022
18:00 AM
Location: Puerto Plata, Tres Rios
Summary: Alan Castañeda visited a hotel resort.
Excerpt: "I believe we can do more to promote tourism in Carbania. We've got a beautiful country, we've just got to market it right. As President, I will be forming an 'Office for Investments' which - among other things - shall promote with well-crafted ads Carbania abroad in order to attract tourists. By cutting taxes, we shall also bring down business costs and allow our tourist resorts to be competitive in this globalized market. "
January 9, 2022
11:00 AM
Location: Small town, Tres Rios
Summary: Alan Castañeda attended a Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: "We aim to create jobs, jobs, jobs! We shall do this by cutting taxes and eliminating red tape, thus making our country attractive to foreign investors. Only through massive private direct investment can we see thousands of new, well-paying jobs be created. This will also help people who already have jobs. More competition in the market means that corporations will offer better wages in order to maintain their employees. But this won't happen if we drive away investors with populistic far-left policies that will make everyone poorer."
January 10, 2022
12:00 AM
Location: Coastal town, Tres Rios
Summary: Alan Castañeda attended a Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: "Carbania is a beautiful country. How can you see the beaches here and not be moved by their beauty? We need to advertise our country abroad and attract digital nomads. We aim to undertake an ambitious program of updating our cyber infrastructure to 5G and ensuring broadband connection to all parts of the country, thus ensuring remote working. We also aim to introduce tax benefits for digital nomads. We will tax the income earned by those who are self-employed, individuals, or newly employed in positions created in Carbania at half the normal rate. This new incentive will apply for a maximum of seven years for any worker who wants to move their tax base to Carbania, regardless of their nationality or job type. Attracting digital nomads will benefit the local communities as those people will spend their money here - in your businesses - while the increased revenue in state coffers will allow us to increase funding for social services without raising taxes for you."
January 13, 2022
10:00 AM
Location: Cayañar, Valenzuela
Summary: Alan Castañeda visited a local industrial factory.
Excerpt: "We must support Carbania's industrial sector. We will cut taxes and put an end to red tape and needless paperwork, thus bringing down the cost of doing business. This will translate to lower prices for consumers and increased wages for workers. You know, many businesses are forced to pay less than they would otherwise do because exorbitant taxation and overregulation adds up too much cost and makes them unprofitable. By cutting down taxes and regulations, we will put an end to this and wealth shall trickle down."
January 14, 2022
12:00 AM
Location: Small town, Valenzuela
Summary: Alan Castañeda attended a Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: "The PLP will support small businesses. Businesses with less than ten employees shall pay a reduced corporate tax of only 8%. This will substantially bring down the cost of doing business for the small mom-and-pop stores. By digitizing public administration, we will eliminate needless red tape and allow for all transactions with the state to take place in a single mobile app. This will help small businesses the most. Big corporations have plenty of lawyers and other employees to deal with any dealings they have with the government, but small business owners have to do it all by themselves. By digitizing the public sector we shall end the long waiting lines for paperwork in public offices. Small businesses in the first year of their existence will pay zero taxes. This will incentive people who are on the edge to take the risk and start a business, while not ruining them financially if they are unable to have success at the very beginnings of their business. Small businesses’ assets will be exempt in cases of bankruptcy, allowing them to continue to operate during and after personal bankruptcy. This will be a great aid to struggling businesses."
January 6, 2022
13:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero visited a police department and then made a statement to the press
Excerpt: "Our cops are real life heroes. They are the real-life Superman and Batman, the ones who put their lives in danger to keep us safe from dangerous - and often deadly - criminals. We need to do more to support our boys and girls in blue. For a start, we can raise their wages. PLP will see that their salary shall be increased by a 10%. We shall also hire 2000 additional policemen and procure modern equipment, so that our officers are not outnumbered and outgunned by criminal gangs. We shall also create 'Rapid Response Teams', motorized and heavily armed police units that will patrol regularly the streets of major cities. Without security, there can be no democracy. We pledge that under a PLP administration every citizen shall feel safe."
January 7, 2022
10:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero visited a humanitarian NGO aiding underprivileged children.
Excerpt: "We've pledged to abolish taxation for humanitarian NGOs. We aim for inclusive growth. Everyone should feel the benefits of economic growth. We shall institute a Minimum Guaranteed Income of $100 a month for families below the poverty line. This MGI will be funded by merging various inefficient and bloated government programs, and will be far easier to manage than those programs. It will give cash directly to those in need without needless paperwork and without needing a vast bureaucracy just to administer the program. It will help those in need and give them the choice how to spend that money instead of having a nanny state make the decision for them. We believe each man and woman knows best how to handle themselves - and what their dreams and desires are - than government bureaucrats do."
January 9, 2022
10:00 AM
Location: Bolívar y Carbán, Santa Carmen
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero attended Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: "We understand how important agriculture is for this province. We shall fight to increase agricultural exports! We shall create the 'Office for Agricultural Exports', which shall provide technical assistance, free advertisement and low-interest loans to farmers who export their products abroad. This will allow us to dramatically increase our exports and increase the profit-making of farmers, which in turn can be used to modernize farming equipment."
January 10, 2022
18:00 AM
Location: Bolívar y Carbán, Santa Carmen
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero visited several small stores and then spoke to the local press.
Excerpt: "PLP is the party that backs the small stores of this country! Small businesses under PLP administration will pay a reduced 8% corporate tax and their assets will be exempt in cases of bankruptcy, allowing them to continue to operate during and after personal bankruptcy. Importantly, small businesses will pay zero tax in their first year. We shall also reduce harmful regulations that bring up the cost of doing business. You know, big corporations can afford just fine the cost placed upon them by overt regulations. Rather, it is the mom and pop of the neighborhood shop that bear the burden of red tape, which drives up costs and forces them to raise the price of goods in order to stay in business. This burdens unduly the Carbanian worker, who has to pay more for basic products. It also puts the mom and pop store at disadvantage compared to big corporations. Politicians on the left who want more regulations and more red tape in reality want to eradicate small stores and to drive up the prices of goods."
January 11, 2022
12:00 AM
Location: Farm town, Santa Carmen
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero visited several farms and then attended a Q&A session at the local city hall.
Excerpt: "This 'Office for Agricultural Exports' we aim to establish shall provide Carbanian farmers with free international advertisement. Imagine if instead of having to worry about how to market your goods abroad, experts did this. It will allow you to appeal to a greater international audience and increase your exports. The office will also provide technical assistance - especially to new, young farmers - and offer low-interest loans that can be used to modernize your farming equipment. Agriculture is important to us and a PLP administration will support it."
January 13, 2022
18:00 AM
Location: Carnicería, Mugre Oro
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero spoke with environmental NGOs that work towards the preservation of the local jungle and then spoke to the local press.
Excerpt: "At PLP we take the challenge of climate change very seriously. We believe it is perhaps one of the greatest menaces mankind has ever faced. That's why we pledge to implement strict environmental regulations to protect our climate and natural wildlife, ban the use of plastic by government agencies, decarbonize by 2040 and institute a corporate carbon tax of $12 per tonne of CO2 emissions. We shall also lower the Valued-Added Tax on electric cars and environmentally-conscious products to 10%. But this crisis also offers Carbania an opportunity: green growth. We aim to use the funds from the carbon tax to support corporations that invest in renewable resources and those that produce electric cars. Those corporations will pay a reduced corporate tax of 6%, thus creating thousands of new, well-paying green jobs in the process. Environmentalism and economic growth can go hand in hand."
January 15, 2022
15:00 AM
Location: Jungle, Mugre Oro
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero uploaded (in YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok) a video of himself in the jungle, accompanied by three local guides.
Excerpt: "Isn't this beautiful? We should ensure that those jungles remain here for our children and grandchildren to enjoy. As government, we aim to pass strict legislation to protect the natural wildlife and climate. But at the same time we aim to promote tourism. No, I ain't talking about the mass tourism that will cause environmental harm. Rather, we shall advertise this jungle to rich, environmentally-conscious tourists from abroad who will bring hard cash in order to live an authentic jungle experience while at the same time respecting the natural wildlife. It is the concept known as 'green tourism', and Carbania can be at the forefront of it. But in order for this to become a reality we need a forward-looking, innovative government and not populists who look backwards to ideas that belong to the 19th and 20th centuries. We live in the 21st century!"
by Guagolandum » Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:13 pm
by Cybernetic Socialist Republics » Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:59 am
by Sao Nova Europa » Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:08 am
January 16, 2022
12:00 AM
Location: Small town, Valenzuela
Summary: Alan Castañeda attended a Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: "We need radical reforms if we are to kickstart the economy. For an economy to develop, it must have rule of law, strong protection of property rights, a simplified and low tax system and an efficient public administration. That's why we pledge to increase the number of police officers and patrols in the streets, to protect property rights, to simplify our tax code and reduce the the overall tax burden, and to digitize public administration and evaluate civil servants. We aim to bring a revolution of common-sense in this country."
January 17, 2022
17:00 AM
Location: Cayañar, Valenzuela
Summary: Alan Castañeda visited small businesses and then spoke to the local press.
Excerpt: "Some would accuse us of being detached because we want Carbania to follow the example of advanced Western countries. I would argue that those people who want to hold us back are the ones who are detached. Our children and grandchildren hope to immigrate to Western countries. Why? Because of their liberal institutions that have ensured a decent way of life and strong economic growth. I aim to emulate this model and make Carbania a country that looks more like Canada or Germany than Venezuela or Cuba. Together we can change this country!"
January 18, 2022
11:00 AM
Location: Santiago de Carbania, Camparroz
Summary: Alan Castañeda visited a company that exports local rice abroad.
Excerpt: "We at PLP understand how important it is to increase our exports abroad, hence we have developed a strategy to promote export-oriented economic growth. The 'Office for Agricultural Exports' will be providing technical assistance and shall advertise Carbanian products abroad, thus increasing demand for Carbanian rice and other agricultural exports. It shall also be providing low-interest loans that can be used to modernize production, hire new staff or expand operations. By cutting taxes and regulation, and digitizing the public sector, we will also dramatically reduce the cost of doing business. This will make our companies more competitive in the global market."
January 19, 2022
10:00 AM
Location: Small town, Camparroz
Summary: Alan Castañeda attended a Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: "We need a revolution of common-sense, as I've called it. Why should we simply accept that our public administration is corrupt and inefficient, and shrug off any suggestions to change this? A PLP administration shall completely digitize public administration, allowing all citizens to access all government services through a single web portal. Aside from the obvious advantages of reducing waste of time, red tape and public expenses, this reform shall also deal a blow to corruption. By removing physical interactions, citizens will be able to interact with the state without worrying that some corrupt official will ask them for bribes. We also aim to legislate an annual evaluation for civil servants. What this means in practice is that each public servant will have their performance evaluated and if they are deemed hard-working and helpful they shall get a raise: on the other hand, if they are deemed incompetent, they shall see their wage slashed or they may eventually even be fired. Public officials should serve the public, not the other way around!"
January 20, 2022
11:00 AM
Location: Small town, Camparroz
Summary: Alan Castañeda attended a Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: "We live in the information age. We live in the age of the fourth industrial revolution and globalization. We cannot lag behind other countries when it comes to access to internet. Especially if we want to attract foreign direct investments and digital nomads to our country, we need to modernize. As President I pledge to undertake an ambitious program of updating our cyber infrastructure to 5G and ensuring broadband connection to all parts of the country. We cannot afford to be left behind and become the losers of the fourth industrial revolution."
January 23, 2022
12:00 AM
Location: Coastal town, Tres Rios.
Summary: Alan Castañeda attended a Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: "Tourism can become an important sector of our economy. At PLP we have developed a multipronged strategy to attract tourists. For a start, we aim to create an 'Office for Investments' to advertise our country abroad. A good advertising campaign can substantially increase the number of people who will visit the country. Secondly, we do not want to simply attract mass tourism, though that is certainly one of our goals. We also want to develop 'green tourism', that is environmentally-conscious tourism targeted at upper middle class or rich individuals from abroad who wish for an authentic experience untouched by modernity and who are willing to spend lots of money. Thirdly, we aim to bring down the cost of doing business by cutting taxes and regulations. Fourth, we aim to ensure that all parts of the country have decent internet connection. This is especially important to attract mass tourism."
January 17, 2022
16:00 AM
Location: Paz de Luna, Alturas
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero visited small business stores and then spoke to the local press.
Excerpt: "At PLP we take the issue of security in our streets very highly. We want to hire an additional 2000 police officers who will patrol our streets and form a motorized rapid intervention force that will clear out our streets from criminal elements. A PLP administration will be a law and order administration. No longer shall gangs and violence be tolerated in our great nation! A vote for PLP is a vote for security!"
January 18, 2022
09:00 AM
Location: Paz de Luna, Alturas
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero visited a local school.
Excerpt: "At PLP we take education very seriously. It is an investment for our future. You know, we need a well-educated workforce if we are to compete in this new, globalized economy. A PLP administration shall introduce to our schools lessons on both economic and digital literacy. Economic literary will teach the children the basics about how to run a business or launch a start-up. We need to cultivate innovation and risk taking, and develop a new generation of business leaders. Digital literacy will ensure that our children are not left behind in this era of the fourth industrial revolution. Being able to handle computers, access the internet and know about software is as important now as knowing English was in the 1990s. We also aim to hire 1000 more teachers and renovate classrooms. This will allow for smaller classrooms: fewer children per teacher means that children will be able to learn better. Last but not least, we aim to hire mental health counselors. The mental welfare of our children is vital for a healthy society."
January 19, 2022
11:00 AM
Location: Paz de Luna, Alturas
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero met with business leaders and then spoke to the local press.
Excerpt: "At PLP we have a concrete agenda to expedite housing construction, streamline approval processes for projects in municipalities and reduce the stringency of zoning regulations to allow denser housing to be produced and the repurposing of obsolete buildings into housing. We aim to make housing affordable and our cities livable. A vote for PLP is a vote for affordable housing!"
January 20, 2022
15:00 AM
Location: Paz de Luna, Alturas
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero talked with citizens in the streets of the city and then addressed local journalists outside of a pharmacy.
Excerpt: "PLP is the only party that has an agenda to aid our retirees. We've pledged that prescription drugs for retirees will be covered by the public healthcare system. In cooperation with private pharmacies, we shall ensure delivery at home of such prescription drugs, sparing seniors of trouble. This is especially important for those older people who have mobility problems. We shall also institute a hotline staffed by mental health experts to talk with lone seniors who may wish to call someone."
January 22, 2022
12:00 AM
Location: Small town, Alturas
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero attended a Q&A session at the local city hall.
Excerpt: "We want to change the way things work here. We should no longer be content with substandard services and corruption. We shall establish a new body of technocrats and police and financial agents, the 'Anti-Corruption Investigative Body', to monitor the public sector for any signs of corruption and to be an advocate of public interest. We shall digitize the public sector and evaluate civil servants, so that public administration actually serves the citizens instead of being hindrance and a waste of money. We shall deploy more cops in rural areas, to ensure public security and enforcement of law and order. Some politicians have given up on Carbania. We haven't! We are ambitious and willing to radically change this country for the better!"
January 23, 2022
15:00 AM
Location: Small town, Alturas
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero attended a Q&A session at the local city hall.
Excerpt: "We believe that local citizens know better what their town needs than some bureaucrat at the faraway capital. Hence we desire for greater decentralization. This means that local officials will actually be accountable to you and that decisions that affect your life will need your consent. It will also ensure that economic growth is geographically equitable, and that regions are not neglected by the central government. At PLP we want inclusive economic growth."
January 25, 2022
09:00 AM
Location: Mountain, Alturas
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero uploaded (in YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok) a video of himself hiking a mountain, accompanied by local guides.
Excerpt: "Hiking is not only good for the body, but also an amazing experience that allows one to witness the beauty of our landscape. I am fairly certain that many people from abroad will pay good money to come to our mountains for an authentic hiking experience. We just need to market our country right. A PLP administration will establish an 'Office for Investments' that will market our beautiful mountains abroad and attract tourists who will spend their cash here. It will be substantial boon for the region and the local inhabitants. We have one of the most beautiful countries in the world: we just need innovative, forward-thinking people to market it right."
Sebastian smiles charmingly at the camera and waves at the viewers.
by Reorganized Portugal » Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:32 pm
Jose Antonio Rabellino
Campaign Schedule, January 2022 (Part 2)
January 12, 2022
12:00 PM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: First organized campaign rally. Medium-sized turnout, certainly not a large event.
Excerpt: "Carbania is entering a new era. An era where the people, you, can decide who will be your government, something we have not had in 40 years. I think I can be your guide, your leader, to guide Carbania into the next page of its history book. I will stand for the ideals of democracy, and the ideals of Christ."
January 13, 2022
11:00 AM
Location: Catedral de San Fernando, Intichiquan
Summary: Jose Antonio spoke to members of the Catholic clergy, including several priests and the bishop (not archbishop) of Intichiquan.
Excerpt: (from conversation with priest, not publicly shared) "If we're going to be Christian Democrats, we need you guys on our side. I'm not saying you should be telling people to vote for me, there's something... off about that, but at least cast your personal votes for me. What other candidate is running on Catholic values?"
January 14, 2022
10:00 AM
Location: Small town, Alturas
Summary: Jose Antonio met with the mayor of this town and the people there. This particular town was nestled quite deep within the mountains, and was somewhat disconnected from the national politics.
Excerpt: "I can assure you all that under my administration, you will not be left behind. I see your problems and I will fix them. As President I will improve our nation's infrastructure, build new roads and highways, improve our schools and homes, and make sure you will always be connected with the rest of our nation."
January 15, 2022
9:00 AM
Location: Small town he's mayor of, Camparroz
Summary: Jose Antonio attended church services at the local church, as he does every Sunday. Before the service, he was seen confessing to the priest.
January 17, 2022
10:00 AM
Location: Santiago de Carbania, Camparroz
Summary: Jose Antonio attended a Q&A at the city hall.
Excerpt: (Question: My daughter was taken advantage of recently, and we had to abort the child that came of it. Will you keep abortion legal in cases such as these?) "First of all, I am so sorry that this happened to your daughter, and I wish you the best in her mental recovery from this incident. I am opposed to abortion, I believe it is murder of a human being, however I can understand there are cases such as this where an abortion could be necessary. I will make sure Carbania is tough on crime, and make rape as rare and non-existant as it can be, however I will allow abortions in cases such as rape, and incest. It is a tough call on my part, but I understand the mental anguish that would be caused had you be forced to keep the baby."
January 19, 2022
12:00 PM
Location: Slums of Cayañar, Valenzuela
Summary: Jose Antonio performed acts of service to these residents, and spoke briefly to them.
Excerpt: "I know how hard it is for you to live in places like these. We need to improve our housing, and our infrastructure. Why should some people just like you live in nice, suburban homes, and you have to live here? This will change under my presidency."
Mr. Rabellino will be making more visits and campaign stops across Carbania in the upcoming days of January and into February.
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by Guagolandum » Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:40 pm
Date: January 20, 2022
Location: Orphanage in a small city, Tres Ríos
Summary: García visited orphans and performed charitable duties on an orphanage. He also received drawings from the children there and glued them in his office.
Excerpt: "Orphans need care and love. They don't need war, they need peace. And to not leave them homeless, without people caring for them, I'll make sure from parliament that Carbania has a public orphanage and housing system. Not just for orphans, but they're one of the pillars of this proposal"
Date: January 23, 2022
Location: Former dictatorship detention centres, Camparroz
Summary: García visited former dettention and torture centres, now museums, to remember his horrid experience in them.
Excerpt: "I was detained specifically in this detention centre. It was horrible and an experience I want to make sure no Carbanian has to pass through anymore. This is a thing of the past that we should remember to not repeat it."
Date: January 26, 2022
Location: Cathedral of Santiago de Carbania
Summary: García went to church after years, to try and reconciliate his faith in God with catholicism, understanding that he missed church services.
Excerpt: "I haven't come here in many years. It was about time, since I missed being preached about Jesus's teachings. Though not entirely correct nowadays, his teachings have given our society a shape, be it for good or be it for bad. We must take into consideration that priests who spoke out publicly against the dictatorship were also persecuted, regardless of their status as God's envoys.
Date: January 29, 2022
Location: Amusement park, Intichiquan
Summary: Spending quality time with his family.
Excerpt: "It's something good to not leave your family without a caring father and husband."
by Guagolandum » Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:03 pm
I have once more become a labourer, fellow citizens. I'm no capitalist, no oligarch. But I think labourers need an employer to not become homeless, and that's why I'm not a communist. The new, modernized, labourist Carbania shall arise!
by Cybernetic Socialist Republics » Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:58 pm
by Tehrangeles » Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:03 am
by Tehrangeles » Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:27 am
In the upcoming elections, there is only one party that stands for your values- that stands for faith, family, and nation.
That party is the Movement for National Restoration, led by Israel Mendoza- Christian leader, father, and crusader for good government that fights for you.
Mendoza and the MRN are running on a platform of upholding our shared Christian values- from bolstering traditional marriage, to stopping the murder of the unborn, to keeping sexual confusion out of schools. He will right for your right to control the upbringing of your children, your pocketbook, and your province.
They also have a platform to maintain law and order and bolster our democracy, cut taxes for the working class instead of corporations, bring you reliable electricity and Internet, and restore our pride in Carbania.
Your values are on the ballot in April. Make your voice heard by putting Israel Mendoza and the Movement for National Restoration in office.
Faith, family, and country.
by Sao Nova Europa » Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:02 am
January 25, 2022
10:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Alan Castañeda talked with corporate executives and then spoke to the press.
Excerpt: "PLP is the party of the economy. If you want a party that can usher the pro-business reforms necessary to produce strong rates of economic growth, then PLP is your party. We aim to reform our tax system, both simplifying it and reducing the overall tax burden. If we want to be competitive in this globalized economy, we need to have a competitive tax system which will attract foreign direct investments. More investments means more jobs. But in order to attract investors, we also need to ensure broadband connection to all parts of the country and to digitize our public administration. Carbania is stuck in the 20th century, let's bring it forward to the 21st century!"
January 26, 2022
17:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Alan Castañeda visited some of the poorest districts of Intichiquan and then spoke to the press.
Excerpt: "We want inclusive economic growth. Under a PLP administration, those who earn less than $3000 will pay zero in income tax while those live below the poverty line shall get a monthly check of $100 under our Minimum Guaranteed Income. This will actually help people get on their feet and escape poverty. Direct cash transfers are far more effective than traditional welfare programs since they are easier to manage - requiring far less red tape and bureaucracy - and give freedom to recipients. We believe in human liberty and compassion. We also believe in security. It is not the richest neighborhoods that suffer from crime and gangs, it is the poorest. By hiring more cops and creating motorized rapid intervention units, we shall put an end to crime and restore security in those streets."
January 28, 2022
12:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Alan Castañeda visited the offices of one of the most prominent Carbanian newspapers.
Excerpt: "There can be no democracy without freedom of the press. Journalists speak truth to power, and often they are placed in danger for doing so. One may think that with the end of the dictatorship the press does not face challenges, but that is wrong. Things are better but journalists still face threats: from violent extremists to populists who vilify them to score political points to lack of adequate funding. As President I will respect the press. I'll defend them from populists and extremists, even when they criticize and attack me. I'll ensure adequate funding through tax cuts that will be a source of relief for the press. We need a free and independent press more than ever, for democracy dies in darkness."
January 27, 2022
16:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero talked with businessmen about zoning regulations and then spoke to the press.
Excerpt: "As someone in the real estate business, I can tell you that I fully understand the frustration overtly stringent zoning regulations cause. Such regulations decrease housing affordability, which hurts the middle class the most. This under-utilization of land leads to fewer new houses constructed and thus depressed supply of housing. The end result is that housing prices go up to the roof. By reducing the stringency of zoning regulations, streamlining approval process for projects in municipalities and expediting housing construction, we can make housing once again affordable to meet the demands of increased urbanization and population growth."
January 28, 2022
10:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero talked with small business owners.
Excerpt: "We need to do more to support small business. Under our tax plan, small businesses that employ ten or less employees shall pay a reduced corporate tax of 8%. We shall also remove regulatory burden that forces small businesses to raise prices in order to make a profit. By removing red tape and harmful regulations, small businesses will have the fiscal space to reduce prices and as such be able to compete with big corporations. We aim to make risk-taking attractive, by providing incentives for people to open a business. For the first year of their existence, small businesses will pay zero in corporate tax. Small businesses’ assets will also be exempt in cases of bankruptcy, allowing them to continue to operate during and after personal bankruptcy. This will ensure that those who want to take a risk and open a business, will not have to fear that their life will be ruined if their shop isn't profitable at once. Risk-taking is the basis of capitalism, and we at PLP support it."
January 29, 2022
18:00 AM
Location: Intichiquan, Federal District
Summary: Sebastian Carnicero walked in neighborhoods and talked with citizens.
Excerpt: "We want a modern country. We want a country that embraces the digital revolution and does not lag behind. We want a country that is able to attract foreign investors, so we can create jobs here and our children do not have to emigrate America or Europe in order to find a decent job. We want to bring back security in our streets by hiring more police officers and having more patrols. We want to protect our environment and ensure that economic growth is green and sustainable. Some reject the idea that we can do better. There are some politicians who completely dismiss even the notion that we can approach the West, claiming it is unrealistic. What is actually unrealistic is to refuse to emulate the economic system and institutions that have produced wealth and prosperity unparalleled in human history. We either reform or we sink. We at PLP are up to the task of reforming Carbania. With your support, we can make Carbania a model country."
by Cybernetic Socialist Republics » Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:03 am
by Alozia » Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:03 am
(Ironic; me when I see Gord)Gordano and Lysandus wrote:I swear you are the LOTF Mariah sometimes
Peoples shara wrote: "Die nasty!!111"
by Sao Nova Europa » Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:22 am
JOBS!
INVESTMENTS!
GROWTH!
PLP wants to cut taxes for everyone, digitize public administration and attract foreign direct investment. Only a pro-business and reformist agenda can create well-paying jobs for our people.
A vote for PLP is a vote for JOBS!
A vote for PLP is a vote for LESS taxes!
A vote for PLP is a vote for economic GROWTH!
VOTE FOR PLP!
VOTE FOR JOBS, GROWTH AND PROSPERITY!
by Dentali » Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:55 am
Alejandro De La Vega
Organización por la Justicia y la Solidaridad Campaign Infrastructure
Alejandro De La Vega had spent a great deal of his life outside the country of his birth. This was a hindrance but It did give him a few potential advantages. First and foremost was his connections to political consultants, experts in the field from various firms. As Democratic campaigns hadn’t been a thing in Carbania since the early 70s, these experts were not to be found anywhere domestically.
These international hires were paired with local up and coming strategists who had been active since 2018 and activists who had been organizing underground for decades. The up and comers would be learning the ropes as the internationals ran the campaign and the activists ran point.
The OJS had spent the last several years preparing ground game tirelessly; they opened 1 field office per 100,000 people in a province. Each field office had 4 paid staffers in addition to volunteers, grassroots organizers, and community leaders whose job was to constantly canvass in their assigned territory. In mid february they would have a weekend summit to better coordinate and integrate the individual teams and offices. Each field office had a “Field Organizer” leading operations, and each Field Organizer answered to the “Provincial Officer” who would be in charge of the campaign in that province. Field Organizers were part professional networker, part drill sergeant, part door to door salesman
In the month of January each Provincial Officer held 10 ‘canvassing events’ in their respective provinces often working intimately with the faith leaders of the province with the goal of recruiting a minimum of one faith leader per province to help engage voters. Each Province Officer would be adding an additional 10 events a month until the election. During the canvassing they would be collecting contact information and creating a massive voter database to add to what they had been collecting since 2018, De la Vega’s database collected from his COVID relief work and the data purchased from various companies on consumers in Carbania.
Events could be anything from a happy hour at a local bar hosted by the campaign, office hours in coffee shops, Potluck House parties, book clubs, or physical activities like intramural sports.
Starting in late February the Field Offices would begin calling the citizens of Carbania with targeted scripts encouraging them to support the OJS and vote in the election, these respondents would be scored by the callers and classified based on the needs to win them over or turn them out, follow up calls would regularly be scheduled and working at maximum capacity the OJS would be making roughly 50,000 calls a day with a goal of 4 calls per winnable vote by election day.
On the ground OJS candidates and activists would be focusing on taverns, community centers, restaurants, and places where everyday people gathered, physically hoofing it and doing 16-18 hour days six days a week. They would crisscross the provinces in marathon bus tours, no matter what happened they would stay the course, campaigning in villages of under 100 people if necessary, on top of that weekend acts of service were required by the campaign, working in a community garden, animal shelter, soup kitchen or anything else that would get the volunteers seen visibly in the communities.
A “Precinct Captain” managed individual polling places, this was unfortunately not a one for one operation as each captain was responsible for multiple sites. They would be required to memorize rules and practices for the individual precincts and polling places in order to assist De La Vega supporters.
Volunteers and organizers did in person canvassing every weekday from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, between the times most people got home from work and sat down for dinner. Before these times they would mostly be manning call and text banks in dedicated rooms in each field office. If people were missed by in person canvassing they were left notes, and everyone they met received personalized thank you’s in the mail. Quality of conversation, ‘substantive conversation’ was prioritized over quantity of conversation, regular training seminars were held in order to teach these conversational skills.
by Guagolandum » Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:01 am
by Dentali » Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:33 am
Interviewer: Good evening we have tonight with us José Antonio García Rodríguez, Leader of the Labourist Party and Presidential candidate. Than you for joining us.
"Thank you for inviting me. It's a pleasure to be interviewed by the national TV."
Interviewer: I want to start by going through your background and letting people know you a bit better... You have been involved in politics a long time, being the leader of the juvenile branch of the Labourist Party and rising through the ranks. You led a number of protests against the regime over the past few decades. How confident are you that Carbania can sustain a Democracy?
"Well, it depends. We have people who want to bring a dictatorship, be it Mandes', be it a communist one. And we have people who want to mantain it. I identify as of the second group. "
Interviewer: By that do you mean the CRM under Pablo Miledo? What other parties do you believe are a threat?
José García: "Miledo is just one. Think about the MRN too."
Interviewer: Should you be elected President what measures would you take to ensure a healthy Democracy?
José García: "Well, I'm going for MP, and if my party gets a majority I could be elected PM. But it depends on the voters. I'd keep the military within the reasonable borders, so they don't grow power-hungry again, among other measures."
Interviewer: So keeping the military within the reasonable borders... Do you feel that can be accomplished at the same time we are fighting a major insurgency?
José García: "Well, I take the example of Colombia: false positives. The military disguised civilians as insurgents and this went unnoticed for many years. Those aren't reasonable borders, but I assure the military will be allowed to use all of its power against the proper insurgents. Civilians are a big NO."
Interviewer: So you won't be scaling back its funding? What about reforming its command structure? removing some of the leadership?
José García: "Yes, I absolutely agree to that. The military does need a renovation. Out with the old, and in with the new."
Interviewer: I want to circle back around to you for a moment... now in campaigning you have mentioned the influence of Liberation Theology more than once, however you yourself are not a Catholic is that correct?
José García: "Correct. I have a strong belief in a loving God, but I hadn't assisted to a Church in many years. Liberation theology has its flaws, yes it does, but I think the concern for the poor is fundamental. In my teens, my neighbourhood, a slum in Tumbes, was visited by priests. I felt cared for. That was a huge influence in my youth."
Interviewer: What flaws do you see in Liberation Theology?
José García: "Might generate a lot of debate, but I think not all the poor are good. There are poor people who fight every day to get out of poverty and deserve a better future. But those who don't do anything but keep burglaring and robbing and then use the shield of 'necessity' should rather be combatted. All crime should be."
Interviewer: Would fighting that mean giving police more power and authority?
José García: "Definitely involves giving them more training. It wouldn't be about police getting more power, but about them regaining power in areas where crime has arisen."
Interviewer: Lets circle back a bit, now youve talked about Liberation Theology and its flaws... Other than its rheotic regarding caring for the poor what from it can been seen in your party platform?
José García: "Well, as you may know, many social and ethnic groups were oppressed by the dictatorship. Liberation theology involves also political liberation for those, such as Afro-Carbanians, Indigenous Carbanians, LGBT+ Carbanians, human rights activists persecuted during Mandes' regime or basically anyone involucrated with the underground political life during those horrid times."
José García: "Political liberation in the form of increased participation. My good friend Pedro Quispe, our presidential candidate, was first affected by communist and then by junta violence."
Interviewer: But economically those who espouse the theology seem to be much further to the left than yourself?
José García: "My conception is different. Since my platform is third way economically, a state of welfare and a social market economy are my main objectives. Those shall not leave the poor even more poor, as does the neoliberal model."
José García: "Lowering the taxes and increasing the minimum wage helps the poor too, since they have less economic pressure on their households."
Interviewer: where do you stand on gay marriage and abortion
José García: "Well, I think marriage in the strict sense of the word is done between a man and a woman. But I'm going to make civil unions possible, because two people that love each other have the right to be united legally. About abortion, I'll always be pro-life. But I think there are cases in which abortion may be the only option. Like when there's the ultimate need (and no other choice for the mother) to abort the baby if there is no other method possible to save both lives. Or in cases of rape, where the mother has not chosen nor has she done anything which she knew could get her pregnant."
Interview: Just to clarify... i've heard your party describe itself as left wing... Is that correct?
José García: "Well, we have an important left-wing past. But currently, we're trying to not abandon labourers as well as shifting more to the centre."
Interview: So the left wing is in the past in terms of policy but you are keeping the rhetoric?
José García: "Yes, we're aiming to reach more parts of Carbanian society, but workers and labourers keep having a primary role."
Interviewer: So how does that set you apart from other more established parties in the Center and Center right?
José García: "Well, not that apart from the centre-right since they are moderates just as us. But the right-wing is seeking to establish a neoliberal model, to which I don't agree. We mustn't privatize what is already working well, I think mixed businesses between state and privates are the best option for things which aren't working well."
Interviewer: That about wraps it up for our time... thank you for joining us.
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by Sao Nova Europa » Mon Jun 06, 2022 12:40 pm
by The Sarangtus Lands » Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:28 pm
Sao Nova Europa wrote:Intichiquan, Federal District
February 5, 2022
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A couple of thousands of protestors had gathered in the capital. The Freedom Rally had been organized by a number of right-wing, anti-communist, anti-tax and pro-business advocacy groups that protested "tax theft", "creeping socialism" and the "danger of Carbania becoming the new Venezuela". Many of the protesters waved Gadsden flags and the national flag of Carbania while others were waving the PLP party banner. While officially the protest had not been organized by the PLP, it had been promoted heavily by the party and had been attended by Alan Castañeda and Sebastian Carnicero, who were cheered on by the crowd.
"PLP is the only party that can stop the red tide!" Alan Castañeda spoke through his microphone. "Socialism is threatening our national fabric. The far-left has been gaining ground. I fear that if we do not stop them, we shall end up like Venezuela or Cuba. Inflation will run rampant, the currency will have no value, people will be starving, elections will be abolished and political opponents will be jailed or even executed. That is the future the far left wants. With this peaceful rally we send a signal that we shall not accept communism! We shall not allow our newly earned liberties to be sacrificed in the altar of Marxism!"
Sebastian Carnicero spoke next. "PLP is the party that believes in human liberty! We want to cut taxes not simply because we believe it will increase consumption, investments and economic growth - it will - but also because it is the moral thing to do! I believe that the hard-working Carbanian - who toils and sweats for hours upon hours in his job - should have the right to decide what to do with his hard-earned money. Other candidates do not have faith in the Carbanian people; they believe that Carbanians are too immature to manage their own money and that the government is the parent who will supposedly manage prudently their money. In reality this means the transfer of the wealth of the people to government coffers, to be managed by lazy bureaucrats sitting in cozy offices and wasting that money in out of touch outlandish bureaucratic schemes. I believe that the Carbanian people are mature enough to manage their own money. I believe that is they, and not the bureaucrats, who should decide how to spend that money. I believe that each Carbanian has his own dreams, desires and wishes, which bureaucrats cannot possibly hope to know; how, then, can they decide what is best for them? I believe that Carbanians are individuals, each one unique, instead of number in some statistical formula. I have faith in the Carbanian people!"
Sebastian paused for a moment, to be applauded by the growth. "We stand here together to bring a revolution of common-sense and say NO to the tax theft of the socialists. We will never allow Carbania to fall into the hands of the communists. We will never let the fire of our freedom to be extinguished by the would-be dictators of the far left. We will never let the communists seize our homes and businesses. We will stand up for liberty! We will defend FREEDOM!"
After the end of the rally, the organizers announced that they would be holding more rallies in the next weeks and encouraged more people to attend them to "defend our democracy from the Marxists".
by The Sarangtus Lands » Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:32 pm
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