Nyland Elections, Vintyr 1596

[Arkiania]

Name: Sigurd Andersson
Party: Independent

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Platform: His position on foreign policy is interventionist foreign policy, he wants to strengthen relations with historical allies and friendly democratic government. He believes that Nyland is a definitive power in the world, and that its muscle should be used for the greater good of freedom, and liberty, but also believes that Nyland should also be also be the center of power and that interventionist policies must also guarantee such. As a result, he supports increasing the military budget.

On economics, his position is that in order to for the market to be free, the government must be able to regulate and intervene in such cases where where the free market is no longer free. He however re-iterates that these regulations must be carefully written to ensure certain businesses are not favored as a result. He also wants to push and provide incentives for companies to provide opportunity outside major cities and poor areas as well as minimum wage adjustments according to productivity and inflation. On taxes, he supports a 10% income tax rate for individuals who's income make less than 35,000 a year, 15% for individual's income above 40,000 a year, 25% for individuals income above 400,000 a year, and 40% for individual's with an income over 1,000,000 a year. For corporations he supports low corporate taxes, but a moderate capital gains tax.

On Political Centralization, He primarily wants to uphold the status quo, and recognizes that a balance must be had between federal and state power.

On Social Welfare, His position is that the welfare state should be expanded and amended to be more efficient and encourage recipients to work. On healthcare, he supports a minimum basic coverage for every citizen in Nyland, however not too much which significantly restricts the options for private insurance.

On Civil Rights, He believes strides need to be made to guarantee absolute freedom, including going as far as support law which would require large social media companies to adhere constitutionally protected rights. He supports a no compromising attitude towards LGBT rights and protections, and gender equality.

Political/Campaign History: He previously served as a Senator under the CDA, and State Senator before it.