Tau Ceti Congress: Election 2459!

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Election 2459: A Breakdown

After the invasion of Tau Ceti by Admiral Frost caused the government to capitulate, the government has been slowly rebuilding itself. As of now the entire government of Biesel consists of the federal government and the supreme court. These snap elections called by President Dorn are meant to put a bow on the reconstruction of Tau Ceti, after which the victorious president and his party, the Tau Ceti Republicans, would create sweeping reforms and usher in a new golden age.

However, massive documents leaked by the renegade Frost has revealed the immense amount of corruption within the Dorn presidency, with NanoTrasen's iron grip on the Republic laid bare for all to see. As arrests, subpoenas, and resignations have paralyzed the executive cabinet, this election, which will fill Biesel's Congress, has deeply existential consequences for Dorn and the Republic itself. If Republicans don't get a majority in Congress, he might even be impeached...

Universalists and Protectionists

 

Universalists generally want to see greater integration in the galaxy, the breaking down of trade barriers, and increased cultural exchange and integration.

Protectionists promote increased barriers to trade, reigning in runaway corporations, and generally focus on nationalistic policies.

 

The Parties and Platforms

The Tau Ceti Republicans and Social Democrats are both splintering, with internal disagreements about the future of the party creating two new caucuses. Ultra-Universalist New Republicans, and Ultra-Protectionist True Democrats.

They are all competing for the 380 seats of Tau Ceti's congress, and votes in the poll here will represent the share of seats each party gets in Congress.

Military

• 1.) Republicans, including President Dorn, want to increase funding for both the state military and the mercenary wing of NanoTrasen: The ERT.
  
  2.) New Republicans want to keep Tau Ceti's state navy demilitarized, but increase funding for its mercenary contracts with NanoTrasen.
  
  3.) Social Democrats want to maintain the status quo.
  
  4.) True Democrats want to increase military spending and decrease ERT spending

 

Synthetic Activism

• 1.) Republicans want to maintain the status quo on Synthetics, where their rights are mostly tailored around indentured servitude, while keeping the identifying tagging system.
  
  2.) New Republicans, as well as President Dorn, want to fully emancipate Synthetics to become citizens, allowing them to service in public office and the military and remove their electronic tags.
  
  3.) Social Democrats want to keep Synths "contained". They would keep the electronic tags and increase regulation on Synthetic proliferation.
  
  4.) True Democrats want to revert Synthetic rights entirely, and institute a sweeping ban on the construction of additional, unchained posibrains.

 

Economy and NanoTrasen

• 1.) Republicans, including President Dorn, want to maintain the Free Trade Zone, who's realities have seen NanoTrasen retain an absolute monopoly on all business in Tau Ceti.
  
  2.) New Republicans want to cut existing regulations on NanoTrasen to promote job growth, and reduce corporate taxes.
  
  3.) Social Democrats want increased regulations and government oversight on NanoTrasen, and end the Free Trade Zone to allow foreign corporations to compete locally, while launching an investigation into NanoTrasen's influence on the government.
  
  4.) True Democrats want to completely break up NanoTrasen in Tau Ceti, arrest key corporate officials on corruption charges, and institute new laws forever limiting the size and strength a corporation can gain in Tau Ceti.

 

Non-Human Citizens and Workers

• 1.) Republicans, including President Dorn, want to keep the status quo, where humans keep a minimum wage while non-human immigrant labor have none.
  
  2.) New Republicans want to implement a universal minimum wage for all humans and non-humans working in Tau Ceti.
  
  3.) Social Democrats want to implement a cap on work visas for immigrant labor to promote job growth for native Biesiellites.
  
  4.) True Democrats want to enact immigration reform to restrict xeno immigration, suspend work visas, and begin deporting any non-human convicted of a crime.

 

Social Services

• 1.) Republicans, including President Dorn, want to keep the status quo, with businesses required to provide private health insurance, retirement funds, and scholarships to employees and prospective employees.
  
  2.) New Republicans want to slash public social services and make private corporations foot the bill.
  
  3.) Social Democrats want to repeal "crippling" insurance requirements, which they say punishes small business to the benefit of NanoTrasen, and increase social services for everyone applicable.
  
  4.) True Democrats want to completely take social services out of the hands of private interests and make it all publicly available, but only to native-born Biesellites.

 

Foreign Policy

• 1.) Republicans, want to keep the status quo, including the economic alliance with Elyra and NanoTrasen: AREP (Association for the Responsible Export of Phoron, which is like a space OPEC that dominates +80% of known Phoron deposits.).
  
  2.) New Republicans, including President Dorn want to expand Biesel's influence across the galaxy and open doors to allow other Phoron-exporting systems into AREP.
  
  3.) Social Democrats want to maintain Tau Ceti's policy of neutrality while keeping AREP for economic security. Some have also hinted that they would increase funding for Biesel Intelligence Service to 'get back' at the Sol Alliance.
  
  4.) True Democrats want complete isolation from the politics of the galaxy. They would cancel AREP and 'close the borders', insulating Tau Ceti from the galaxy at large.