Proposed Amendments to New Government

[Bossy20000]

If these amendments pass, you better start being nice to the memebers of the Politburo, comrade Marshal! One person can make the difference in this poll, so you better rally all your friends to vote your way

[H Tower]

Who says I didn't vote yes?

[Bossy20000]

Hm, good point! But then you would be voting against more power for yourself, and that would be very suspecious! We must investigate this thoroughly!

[Dr. Nick]

It's a tactic to confuse the Politburo and seize absolute power!

[Bossy20000]

No, in fact he's trying to be historical! The Marshal had little power, and he wants to add the extra dimension! Oh, what a marshal, setting the wellbeing of the nation in the first place We should name him Grand Marshal of the Soviet Union, for he sacrifies some his power for the good of his people.



H, I'm glad we worked things out

[PinkyGen]

Looks like I have made it 7 for, 8 against with my recent vote after coming back from the capitalist New Jersey. Also, I suppose voting no is against my interest, since I am running for Politburo, but I think the Marshall be able to hire and fire as he pleases, so long as he realizes we may hire and fire him as well

[The ANZAC]

Originally posted by PinkyGen
Looks like I have made it 7 for, 8 against with my recent vote after coming back from the capitalist New Jersey. Also, I suppose voting no is against my interest, since I am running for Politburo, but I think the Marshall be able to hire and fire as he pleases, so long as he realizes we may hire and fire him as well

Well, under the current government plan, there are no provisions for an early removal of a marshal, or for when elections should be held to determine the marshal. So the marshal cannot be removed in an orderly fashion in the current government.

I see a lot of people have problems with the STAVKA appointment clause. If the amendment doesn't pass I am tempted just to submit the first half and drop the second half about STAVKA members and the like. Would people be more willing to embrace it if I left off part 2?

[EZRhino]

Originally posted by PinkyGen
Looks like I have made it 7 for, 8 against with my recent vote after coming back from the capitalist New Jersey. Also, I suppose voting no is against my interest, since I am running for Politburo, but I think the Marshall be able to hire and fire as he pleases, so long as he realizes we may hire and fire him as well

Um.. Yes, of course. If you will excuse me...
*Summons guard* That man is a nazi spy, have him dragged outside and shot.

[H Tower]

Originally posted by The ANZAC
I see a lot of people have problems with the STAVKA appointment clause. If the amendment doesn't pass I am tempted just to submit the first half and drop the second half about STAVKA members and the like. Would people be more willing to embrace it if I left off part 2?

Your pork barrel bill may still pass, it's tied again

[Bossy20000]

You Americans really seem to like elections where every vote counts

Anzac, I think most people have problems with the second part, but I also think we shouldn't have elections for Marshal every year or so. We could say that if somebody is interested, he can contact the Politburo, and if a majority (4 out of 7) there thinks this would be a good thing, they can organize an election. This way, people serious about becoming Marshal can have an election, without us having a fixed election every x months which will take quite some time since we can't continue the war without knowing which Marshal is in command and what his plans are.

[H Tower]

The Politburo can always hold a loose definition of elections. they can create a nominations thread to see if anyone is interested in being Marshal, if no one steps forward, then the election is an "election of the willing" and the matter is dropped. That's a bit of a perversion of the amendment though

[Bossy20000]

But it saves us time. If nobody else wants the job, it is a waste of time to hold elections. If somebody wants to become marshal, he can always ask for elections.

[EZRhino]

I dont see how it wastes time unnecisarily, It hardly takes much time to vote in a poll, and this way it puts more pressure on the Marshal to dazzle us with daring exploits during those few pre-election turns.

[conmcb25]

A tie means the measure is defeated, correct?

[Bossy20000]

Well, comrade EZRhino, you see how long the Politburo-elections take. Each time we would have elections for the position of Marshal, it would take at least as long, AND we couldn't continue playing in the mean time because a new Marshal could have a new strategy. That's what I meant with a waste of time.

Comrade Knapovitch, I really don't know What have we agreed on?