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Citizen #33:
James O'Neill | > Advantages such as..? If there are definite advantages, then I'm all about hearing them. But so far as I can see, you've outlined no real, tangible, concrete advantage for the adoption of the International Fixed Calendar.
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> Ok, so the government of Talossa has not had truck with the macronational world. But that doesn't change the fact that we live in a macronational world. Should we ask our citizens to translate dates continually in order to participate in Talossa? I'd say, only for a very good reason! Reasons that have yet to be provided.
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This is taken almost wholey from my proposal document.
Such a calendar will greatly simplify the way that we think of dates and schedule events. Each day of the month will always fall on the same day each and every month. There will be no guessing as to when the 5th of any month is as it will always be on the same day. We will not have to guess how many days there are in the month as there will always be 28. By virtue of all months having the same number of days it is:
* easier for budgeting and paying employees
* easier to monitor time based trends
* easier to schedule recurring events
* in tune with approximate lunar calendar.
When would we have to translate the Calendar? At this point almost never, atleast until the time comes that we have to deal with governments or entities outside of Talossa. In the mean time our citizens and government will plenty of time to get used to it. At this time there will be almost no need to translate the Calendar to "participate in Talossa". The only time it might be an issue is during Elections and things of this sort. If this is adopted well the Gregorian Dates will be included for those who are not familiar with the International Fixed Calendar.
> Why do we have one? Whats the need for a bicameral legislature, if not to provide voices to disparate corporations (The people in one case, the provinces in the other)? Do the provinces, as bodies in themselves, have a vested interest in the way Talossa is run? I dont honestly think so, nor do I think we will develope to any such point in the near future. Most provinces, even those of significant size, lack any sort of basic institution! Putting more strain on manpower, since the C.O.D. will grow as the Republic does, unnecessarily, isn't healthy micronationalism. LEts vest the power in on parliament accountable to the people and bring extra infrastructure in only when there is a demonstrated need for it.
I cannot make an educated comment on this. I will let those who are more informed about political processes answer this. Having a few more voices that are voted directly by the people of their respective provinces to help represent us is in the government is a good idea. As it stands if there is someone on a party list that we do not like we have to suffer through it. In the CoD we vote directly for a party and not for people. Senators are voted directly for the person and not the party.
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