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Citizen #33:
James O'Neill | > Calendar Reform
> I'm also against this on a few grounds. Firstly, if we're going to break away from the standard calendar, lets create a distinctly Talossan one! If we're going to go to the amount of work of developing new habits in timekeeping, then lets make them a particularly Talossan institution. Talossa is Talossa and should have a Talossan calendar if anything.
The International Fixed Calendar would be uniquely Talossan in that we would be the only country to use it and the only country that is in the unique position to be able to adopt it. This calendar offers definite advantages that will benefit our citizens in the future.
Having Talossan names for the days and months would be an interesting cultural exercise, but there is no real need for any more work. There has been plenty of research on calendar reform so we need not go through the process or do any more work beyond deciding to adopt it and implementing it unless someone has a revolutionary idea.
Secondly, any change, even if it is to a preinvented system, will be a tonne more work than it is really worth. I think you're wrong in saying that Talossa doesn't deal macronationally. We do because our citizens do! We're all geared to the current calendar and will have to perform acts of translation merely to conduct Talossan business. Me, I'm preternatually lazy, and therefor am against anything that would include more work for me!
Show me when the Government of Talossa in any official capacity has dealt with the United States or any other entity that another micronation. Our citizens live their macronational lives in their macronations. The virtue of that does not mean that Talossa has had relations with their respective macronations or other entities. This is an important distinction to maintain. What our citizens do does not equate to what Talossa does.
Whether or not you are preternaturally lazy does not mean that this is not a better calendar that will benefit Talossans. This is the type of thinking that I am specifically addressing in Progress and Change.
> Economy and Finance
> I do think this would be neato-finito! However, I do question what we would use it for. Unless the Talossan currency is freely negotiable, whats it for? Even if its backed by e-gold or, if we can find it, e-silver, what can we do with it? We can issue banknotes based on nothing if we're going to make it totally decorative. I'm with Miestra... lets make some kickass banknotes and coins.. then worry about getting them backed if we can find a reason to do it.
I am against minting coins or banknotes except for certain circumstances. It not a good use of time or resources unless it is used to generate income or created as a novelty.
> Provincial Assignment Reformation
> Personally, I like the provincial system as it currently stands... excepting one thing. The Senat. The only reason I think this is an issue is because of our upper hall. I'm all for provincial particularization, culturally. The Senat is designed around a federal system where each of the component bodies has some sort of vested interest. The American Senate came about to "defend the individual sovereignty" of the states. I cant see that our provinces have anything of that sort to any major degree. Personally, I think we should not worry about instituting the Senats. Maybe even abolish it outright and work unicamerally permanently. We're not large enough, and wont be in the forseeable future.
The time will come when the Senat shall rise. It is not dead, so lets not chop its head off quite yet. Aggressive and tempered immigration measures can help correct this.
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