Eternity RPC Board
06-19-2018, 01:00 AM
Name: Astrad Bengtsson
Party: Nyland Liberalists (NL)
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Political/Campaign History:
Astrad Bengtsson is an assemblyman of the federal legislature from Aselkam, and one of NL's longest serving assemblypersons. Dubbed "the King of Isort" by both supporters and critics, Bengtsson has served in the assembly representing his district for the greater part of 48 years; prior to that, he served as mayor of the city for another decade, presiding over the city's largest and most prosperous period of growth during the region's oil-drunk building boom.
Bengtsson originally attempted the presidency in 1580, but lost the NL primary to the eventual President Kohout. He swept the party primaries in 1584 following Milan Vuletaski's refusal to run, but still failed to generate a response and oust the incumbent Kohout, who had joined the MCN. He spent the next 8 years in the Assembly working to mitigate the power of the so-called "Karlsson Caucus" within the NL until running again in 1592. He is often regarded as one of the "old guard" of the Liberal party, and though he and Milan Vuletaski had successfully worked together and neutered the obstructionist "Karlsson Causus" wing of the party, the two have very different visions for the future.
Platform:
It's time to bring proper liberalism back to Nyland. Liberalism is the trust in man, not only as an individual force for good, but in the institutions he builds for himself. The entire democratic world is built upon the foundation of the Liberalist ideal, the free market, the primacy of the sanctity of man, and responsible finances.
The first and foremost responsibility of the government is to defend the country and its people from harm by crime and foreign aggression. In what way does fighting foreign wars on foreign soils for foreign benefit keep Nylanders from harm? When our people and our country are attacked, wherever and in whatever capacity that might be, then we have the duty to react with aggressive and overwhelming power, but it is not right for a President to sacrifice the lives of brave men and women in foreign adventures. It is our duty as the greatest democracy in the world to lead by strength of example, not by jingoistic force of arms.
Speaking of responsibility, it is our duty as elected stewards of the people, to represent all Nylanders. Taxes affect everyone, and everyone in Nyland at least deserves to be treated with some basic respect when it comes to how we spend those taxes. How disrespectful the left has been, then, in greedily clawing for more money, with no idea as to what they're going to even DO with any of it! It is our duty as keepers of the purse to not only spend wisely the funds with which we have been trusted, but to not take more than is necessary to pay for what we need. It is not the government's responsibility to steal from the pockets of taxpayers without a plan already in place, and especially not to waste for social engineering experiments for no other reason than to "use it or lose it."
Fiscal Responsibility is more than just balancing a budget, it is about knowing when a program doesn't need the ever-encroaching hand of federal government intervention.
It's time we get back to defending the freedoms of the people, defending the Constitution. Year over year, extreme leftist policies have slowly eroded the freedoms of the people and the powers of the states as they seek to concentrate authority in Nykoping so as to make it easier to enact their damaging regressive agendas. Enough of that! Nyland is far to vast and diverse a place with widely varied needs for a bunch of political mobsters on union payrolls in Nykoping to create their "daddy knows best" nanny-state, siphoning the rights of the people in the name of an amorphous "greater good", and have us not fall apart.
We are a country built on the principles of Liberty, be that freedom of action, freedom of choice, freedom of movement, freedom to live your life how you very damn well please. Let the people have a choice in how to live. Let the people have the freedom to better themselves and grow beyond their station, and not be saddled by the leftist shackles of excuses and debt and victimization. It's time to bring the power of governance back to the states, where it belongs. For God's sake, let's bring some freedom back to Nyland.
It's time to bring proper liberalism back. It is time for responsible governance.
Party: Nyland Liberalists (NL)
Picture/Description:
Political/Campaign History:
Astrad Bengtsson is an assemblyman of the federal legislature from Aselkam, and one of NL's longest serving assemblypersons. Dubbed "the King of Isort" by both supporters and critics, Bengtsson has served in the assembly representing his district for the greater part of 48 years; prior to that, he served as mayor of the city for another decade, presiding over the city's largest and most prosperous period of growth during the region's oil-drunk building boom.
Bengtsson originally attempted the presidency in 1580, but lost the NL primary to the eventual President Kohout. He swept the party primaries in 1584 following Milan Vuletaski's refusal to run, but still failed to generate a response and oust the incumbent Kohout, who had joined the MCN. He spent the next 8 years in the Assembly working to mitigate the power of the so-called "Karlsson Caucus" within the NL until running again in 1592. He is often regarded as one of the "old guard" of the Liberal party, and though he and Milan Vuletaski had successfully worked together and neutered the obstructionist "Karlsson Causus" wing of the party, the two have very different visions for the future.
Platform:
It's time to bring proper liberalism back to Nyland. Liberalism is the trust in man, not only as an individual force for good, but in the institutions he builds for himself. The entire democratic world is built upon the foundation of the Liberalist ideal, the free market, the primacy of the sanctity of man, and responsible finances.
The first and foremost responsibility of the government is to defend the country and its people from harm by crime and foreign aggression. In what way does fighting foreign wars on foreign soils for foreign benefit keep Nylanders from harm? When our people and our country are attacked, wherever and in whatever capacity that might be, then we have the duty to react with aggressive and overwhelming power, but it is not right for a President to sacrifice the lives of brave men and women in foreign adventures. It is our duty as the greatest democracy in the world to lead by strength of example, not by jingoistic force of arms.
Speaking of responsibility, it is our duty as elected stewards of the people, to represent all Nylanders. Taxes affect everyone, and everyone in Nyland at least deserves to be treated with some basic respect when it comes to how we spend those taxes. How disrespectful the left has been, then, in greedily clawing for more money, with no idea as to what they're going to even DO with any of it! It is our duty as keepers of the purse to not only spend wisely the funds with which we have been trusted, but to not take more than is necessary to pay for what we need. It is not the government's responsibility to steal from the pockets of taxpayers without a plan already in place, and especially not to waste for social engineering experiments for no other reason than to "use it or lose it."
Fiscal Responsibility is more than just balancing a budget, it is about knowing when a program doesn't need the ever-encroaching hand of federal government intervention.
It's time we get back to defending the freedoms of the people, defending the Constitution. Year over year, extreme leftist policies have slowly eroded the freedoms of the people and the powers of the states as they seek to concentrate authority in Nykoping so as to make it easier to enact their damaging regressive agendas. Enough of that! Nyland is far to vast and diverse a place with widely varied needs for a bunch of political mobsters on union payrolls in Nykoping to create their "daddy knows best" nanny-state, siphoning the rights of the people in the name of an amorphous "greater good", and have us not fall apart.
We are a country built on the principles of Liberty, be that freedom of action, freedom of choice, freedom of movement, freedom to live your life how you very damn well please. Let the people have a choice in how to live. Let the people have the freedom to better themselves and grow beyond their station, and not be saddled by the leftist shackles of excuses and debt and victimization. It's time to bring the power of governance back to the states, where it belongs. For God's sake, let's bring some freedom back to Nyland.
It's time to bring proper liberalism back. It is time for responsible governance.