Post by crylante on Apr 24, 2020 18:17:18 GMT
Reform Party|Hervormingpartij|改革黨
Welcome! Welkom! 歡迎 !
Our economic system is broken. The land common between all of us is increasingly owned by a small rich elite who use it to make a profit for themselves while the gap between them and our poorest citizens gets larger and larger. This is not acceptable. We need to make bold reforms to establish that the land of Banduria is owned by all its citizens, merely rented out to its owners, and that as such all those in possession of land should pay a tax on its value for the betterment of society and the profits of this tax redistributed for the better of the community. As well as this, all Bandurians need to come together, no matter their gender, race, religion or sexual orientation, and work to create a better future for all within the confines of a strong democratic system.
Economic Policy | Economische Politiek | 经济政策
The Reform Party proposes that:
- A land value tax should be implemented, taxing the unimproved value of all natural resources, with the exact value set progressively at rates which shall be able to cover the vast majority of government spending. This shall be gradually phased in as other taxes such as income and corporations taxes are phased out in favour of it.
- The proceeds from this tax which are not invested in the nation's public services, in investment projects or into international commitments will be redistributed back to the people in a citizens' dividend.
- In order for our economy to fully develop to its potential, we need to invest in building large infrastructure projects such as increased, efficient public transport networks in cities, better roadways and trainways linking our cities and a fast national broadband network, all of which shall be developed through private-public co-operation.
- Tradeable pollution permits which set a limit on the amount of carbon emissions each company can produce should be introduced in order to set a maximum on our economy's carbon footprint while allowing for flexibility on individual companies.
- Our nation shall invest in job creation schemes through giving free training to those who are unemployed and able to work in helping to develop the proposed investment projects.
- Offshore windfarms and wave power stations should be constructed with immediate urgency in order to further reduce our carbon footprint and begin the shift away from fossil fuels.
- Subsidies should be paid to Banduria-based technology startups in order to encourage the growth of our burgeoning technology industry.
Social Policy | Sociaal Politiek | 社会政策
The Reform Party proposes that:
- In order to ensure equal opportunity between the various ethnicities that inhabit our glorious nation, we shall enact policies of affirmative action and maintenance grants so that students from marginalised communities are able to succeed at gaining quality education and students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds are able to afford university education.
- Improvements to anti-discrimination laws so that none of our citizens are discriminated against on the basis of their gender, ethnicity, race, colour, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation or creed should be enacted.
- An inquiry into the possibility of allowing same-sex couples to enter a civil partnership so that their relationships may be legally recognised in an alternative to marriage should be held.
- We shall create a state-owned insurance company to help cover the costs of emergency healthcare and GP checkups for all citizens of Banduria in order to achieve universal health coverage, funded through the proceeds from the land value tax.
- We shall work to make sure that public schooling covers all students up to the age of 17 and provides them with a basic education in arithmetic, reading and writing in the earlier stages, a basic knowledge of key subjects such as history, geography, economics and sociology in the middle stages and preparation for vocational life or further academic education in the later stages, all while teaching them to think critically and helping them understand their role within Bandurian society.
- We shall implement extra welfare programs on top of the citizens' dividend to help cover the cost of living for those unable to work due to disability or mental illness.
- We shall work to introduce some form of social housing for those unable to afford the rent for traditional private housing.
Foreign Policy | Buitenlandse Politiek | 外交政策
The Reform Party proposes that:
- We have a decent foreign policy that will be fleshed out in future updates which will make sure we have a decent position in the world working with other democracies but that does not mean we are exploited by other nations.
Members | Parlementslid | 国会议员
- Willem van Aldenkamp, MP for Bloemenwijk North East (Crylante)
- Siew Wan Loei, MP for Bloemenwijk Central (Gorundu)
- Rosemarije So, MP for Bloemenwijk North (Lefkosea)