Election: Minister of the Economy

Jon Shafer · July 12, 2002, 17:52

This is the election for our Minister of the Economy.

Query:
Who should be our next Minister of the Economy?

Candidates:
Spiffor (DIA)
The Banana (GOD)

End:
5 Days, July 16th 2002

July 12, 2002, 22:39

Nobody can defeat our banana deity!
...but I'm voting for Spiffor anyway, him being human and everything (at least that's what I assume).

UnOrthOdOx · July 12, 2002, 22:41

Infidel!!! How can you vote against GOD!?!

Oh, it wasnt that hard, really...

LordImpact · July 12, 2002, 22:43

I thought we were a polythestic society....
Oh, we havent discovered that either...

Jon Shafer · July 13, 2002, 02:00

This thread was hovering near the bottom for quite a while, I knew it would only be a matter of time before it fell.

Mr. President · July 13, 2002, 04:19

Who's The Banana? I'm a registered Hawk, so I'm reluctant to vote for a DIA candidate (

), but I've never seen this Banana man around.

MrWhereItsAt · July 13, 2002, 04:49

The Banana is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent.

Trip enacts the Banana's will here on Apolytonia, thus we need not vote for Him.

(Geddit now?

)

Mr. President · July 13, 2002, 05:49

Quote:

Geddit now?

Hmm. I think I get it.

Spiffor it is then. I like the human touch he'd bring to the job. Not that Trip isn't human, of course, but mortals enacting the will of gods sometimes do strange things . . .

notyoueither · July 13, 2002, 05:50

Very often.

civman2000 · July 13, 2002, 09:34

Trip?...not for long, soon it'll be ninot

Spiffor · July 13, 2002, 20:25

OK, I'm a bit late, but here's my campaign speech :

Dear citizens of Apolytonia,
Elections are to be held soon, and I hereby have the pleasure to tell you I'm a candidate for the post of Minister of Economy, in the name of DIA.

My platform will be to always keep an eye to the supreme interests of Apolytonia. I shall carefully watch every turn if our empire is well supplied with gold, luxuries and resources. This means I will check if every city is at maximum gold efficiency, and if cities / goods are well connected to our trade network.

In Trade negociations with our neighbours, I shall haggle mercilessly, and not one coin would be wasted by lack of haggling with the AI. However, if the minister of Foreign Affairs wants us to get better relations with a partner, I will soften my haggling, and give this partner better deals for them.

The Minister of Economy is a job about teamwork : he has to supply other ministries with gold and goods, so that they can work properly. I have personal experience with this kind of "intendency" job. The minister of Economy has not much decision power, but has an important role in giving documented advice. I am conscious of this, and I will not try to acquire more decision power than the one granted by the constitution.

My motto is "efficiency" : as I already made an excel file to keep track of active trades, I will also use maths to explain the various consequences of the tax and science rates. However, the decision in adjusting sliders will be up to the President or to the people, and I will post polls whenever we have important choices to make.

I am a builder at heart. However, I know there is a time for war. When I'll petition the City Planner to build marketplaces, or the minister of Public Works to connect cities and goods, I will do this with responsibility, and when the empire really needs it. Until we are an established power which can afford peace, building marketplaces is out of question.

The merger between the ministry of Trade and ministry of Finance has been developed by myself, and I already have a precise idea on how it will work. One of my missions would be to make the newly born "Minister of Economy" an efficient administration, to hand it to my successors in perfect shape.

Dear citizens of Apolytonia, vote for someone dedicated to Economy, vote for a man of experience in teamwork.
Vote Spiffor !

Inverse Icarus · July 14, 2002, 03:28

Spiff is doing a great job, no reason (and no ability) to vote him out.

He's probably the DIA high-ranking member i hate the least

Nubclear · July 14, 2002, 03:29

Quote:

Originally posted by UberKruX
Spiff is doing a great job, no reason (and no ability) to vote him out.

He's probably the DIA high-ranking member i hate the least

But you still hate him, right?

Inverse Icarus · July 14, 2002, 03:30

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Originally posted by Tassadar5000

But you still hate him, right?

he has't done anything to upset me. nor has ninot. i can deal with people who deal kindly with me. if someone goes out of their way to anger me i will vocalize my hatred of their being. see skywalker.

civman2000 · July 14, 2002, 09:19

I've already voted for you but here's a question:

Do you plan on trying to make more polls by seeing at least a vague idea of what trades might be in advance?

Spiffor · July 14, 2002, 10:18

As soon as I'll have something important to decide (such as : should we buy wines, or wait to acquire them ?), I'll make a poll. Same things for adjusting the sliders when a debate is going on.
However, such things like the exact price of these wines, or petitioning for a marketplace in Apolyton, will go without polls.
Actually, the minister of Economy has few decision power (for example, he has to give documented advice on the sliders, but toying with them is the game of the Prez / the people). That's why there will be less economy polls than science, military or foreign polls.

To answer your question precisely : whenever I feel to do this. However, this is primarily the role of the foreign minister. When I presented my tech whoring plan, the foreign minister couldn't attend the turnchat, at a critical moment. If the foreign advisor asks me to handle this job, I'll do it with pleasure.

Kuciwalker · July 14, 2002, 11:14

All ye who voted against thine Banana are heretics! Thou shalt be burned in a flaming pyre!

Kloreep · July 14, 2002, 23:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Spiffor
OK, I'm a bit late, but here's my campaign speech :

You'll certainly need nice speechs like these; The Banana is running a fierce campaign.

But seriously, you're doing a good job; keep it up. I wouldn't have voted against you even if there was another candidate.

GodKing · July 15, 2002, 11:18

Voted for the banana just to see what would happen if it won. No offence. Keep up the good work.

Kuciwalker · July 15, 2002, 14:08

I always vote for The Banana in an uncontested race.

Guardian · July 16, 2002, 05:03

Spiffor has my full support on this one.