From Congressional candidate Dan Wang:
Why am I running for Congress?
I am running for Congress on the 25th under America’s Advancement Party (with an endorsement from the United States Workers Party) in Zhejiang, a former province of China now swapped to the USA, to make a difference in how our government runs. Also, since I am a Chinese-American, I feel that my Congressional run is very symbolic of our newfound co-operation with China and, by extension, all oppressed nations. I have been a proud, dedicated, and active citizen of the USA for several months now, as well as a new member of the Home Guard, but I feel that there are policies which ought to be revised.
Taxes
Perhaps the most important of these is our tax system, which is why I plan to serve on the Budget and Finance committee if elected to Congress. As some may recall, there was a relatively close Congress debate a while back over the increase of VAT taxes for food. Opponents of this bill stated that increased taxes would cause ordinary citizens to suffer.
However, the price of q2 food, which provides a player enough wellness to work at a q1 company and to train, costs just over $1. The recently passed bill increased taxes by just 4%. In other words, new players will have to pay just 5¢ more for food. Higher quality foods will cost more, but players buying those foods are generally more experienced and can absorb the increase without much real difficulty. Therefore, there is not that much sacrifice on the part of each citizen, but with so many of us, it adds up to a lot of money.
Government Programs
The money will eventually come back to you and not just disappear into the bureaucracy, because the government will then use the money for programs such as Meals on Wheels, which provides free food for new players, increasing player retention rate and helping us in our quest for 10,000 Fists. Another program is Guns for Huns, which distributes free weapons and is very important to the American war cause, but it is also rather expensive, especially when combined with the significant costs of declaring a war and the potential cost of a long and arduous campaign through enemy territory in Asia. As a result of this, free weapons were not distributed until the last day of the American assault on Kyushu, Japan. Some players either could not afford to buy weapons or were too selfish to do so.
Either way, potential damage was lost. Given how close the battle turned out to be, that loss of damage may have helped lead to our defeat. It is truly a shame that for a lack of money the battle was lost. Increased tax revenue would help to prevent this in the future.
Therefore, I will support higher taxes in other industries. There seems to be a growing disconnection between the government, many of whom are very experience players, and the people, but remember that these tax increases, and all else I support, will affect me the same way it affects you. Even if it gets me less votes, I will always do the right thing.
Military
In accordance with such, I will not make any false promises in this campaign, such as guaranteeing a q5 hospital in every state. Our military leaders have concluded that our current fortress strategy is the most suitable to our current situation, and this will not be changed anytime soon, as much as some other candidates may like you think otherwise.
I am firmly in support of our continued presence in EDEN, but, we must recognize that we are just part of the faction fighting Phoenix, the newest alliance, comprised of former PEACE members. As such, we will have to occasionally sacrifice some of our 51 regions for the greater good of the alliance. A recent example was our assault on Kyushu. Some players were opposed to a few tactical retreats to the United Kingdom and wrote scathing criticisms of our current administration, even calling for impeachment, and also directed players to fight in the distraction battles, which we later easily took back at our leisure. However, the battle for Kyushu was on the brink till the end, so the damage wasted in distraction battles would have pushed it into overtime, possibly allowing us to gain a bridge to East Asia and liberating the region from the constant oppression of Phoenix.
Pony Express
If some of those players had been better informed about this, we would have had more soldiers fighting for Kyushu. Therefore, I am very much in support of the Pony Express, which is a government organization responsible for distributing true information to the general populace. Volunteers vote up official articles mailed to them by staff members working for the Pony Express. However, because false information still sometimes slips into the media, especially from Serbia, this program should receive increased funding.
So you have questions?
Please message either me if you have any questions about me or my opinions. Also, if you do not live in Zhejiang, but wish to vote for me there, I will provide two moving tickets, one to move to and the other to move back, as well as gifts to compensate for wellness lost by moving. I hope that you plan to vote for me for Congress on the 25th.
Thank you,
Dan Wang
