Eternity RPC Board
05-21-2019, 12:40 PM
Common Sense Coalition Platform (CDA/MCN Coalition)
-Infrastructure:
The Common Sense Coalition seeks to continue infrastructure investment that was started with the high speed rail network approved in the previous legislative term. While the HSR was primarily a federal government initiaitive, the Common Sense Coalition sees an opportunity to get states involved in other, more local endeavors, such as repairing and maintaining car-based transportation options, utilities, etc. Major, country-wide initiatives require more federal involvement, but more local investments can be managed more closely by the states who can better understand how to tackle their own problems. The Nyland government has waited too long to repair existing infrastructure and by changing that trajectory the entire economy can open up.
-Trade:
Developments in other regions have shown that international cooperation is the name of the game, presently. Brigidna is working together, Kvaenna already has a trade union of sorts. Why not Skathia? Why not Nyland? The Common Sense Coalition seeks to develop a pan-Skathian trade organization to better coordinate the region economically. This presents significant opportunities for Skathian buyers and will greatly improve the service sector of Nylands economy (which is already a significant majority if the Nyland economy anyway). Protections will have to be placed to protect Nyland manufacturing and ensure Nyland workers are protected, but by opening up the Skathian market, Nyland has an opportunity to exert economic pressure on the continent in a more structured way.
-Welfare Reform
The Nyland economy has been successful, and productivity and growth are continuing to reach all time highs. The welfare victories won by previous generations are significant, but are in need of some updates and corrections. Too many wait around on fixed government incomes when they could be actively involved in the economy. The Common Sense Coalition seeks to reform the welfare system to encourage active employment and contribution to Nyland society as a whole. As well, paid maternity leave is another priority to ensure the youngest Nylanders are receiving the attention they deserve from Nylands mothers.
-Education
The trade and manufacturing sectors are struggling to find skilled labor to fill openings as older employees retire and new jobs are created. The Common Sense Coalition wants to begin a new initiative to create opportunities for young (teenage) Nylanders to begin investing in trade skills. This will be an incredibly complicated reform, but the CSC wishes to develop a trade track for young Nyla ders who wish to enter the skilled trades/manufacturing sector upon leaving secondary school.
Specifics about this goal are still a bit murky, as there is much that could be done, but one of the leading ideas is allowing several options to Nyland students for years 11 and 12 that begin putting them on the track to trade certifications that they can complete within a year or so of graduation of secondary school. A more ambitious idea would be to develop an entirely separate secondary school curriculum for trade-focused education, but this has limited support from education experts. Regardless, the CSC wishes to make trade-education just as viable as more a academic liberal-arts focus.
-Infrastructure:
The Common Sense Coalition seeks to continue infrastructure investment that was started with the high speed rail network approved in the previous legislative term. While the HSR was primarily a federal government initiaitive, the Common Sense Coalition sees an opportunity to get states involved in other, more local endeavors, such as repairing and maintaining car-based transportation options, utilities, etc. Major, country-wide initiatives require more federal involvement, but more local investments can be managed more closely by the states who can better understand how to tackle their own problems. The Nyland government has waited too long to repair existing infrastructure and by changing that trajectory the entire economy can open up.
-Trade:
Developments in other regions have shown that international cooperation is the name of the game, presently. Brigidna is working together, Kvaenna already has a trade union of sorts. Why not Skathia? Why not Nyland? The Common Sense Coalition seeks to develop a pan-Skathian trade organization to better coordinate the region economically. This presents significant opportunities for Skathian buyers and will greatly improve the service sector of Nylands economy (which is already a significant majority if the Nyland economy anyway). Protections will have to be placed to protect Nyland manufacturing and ensure Nyland workers are protected, but by opening up the Skathian market, Nyland has an opportunity to exert economic pressure on the continent in a more structured way.
-Welfare Reform
The Nyland economy has been successful, and productivity and growth are continuing to reach all time highs. The welfare victories won by previous generations are significant, but are in need of some updates and corrections. Too many wait around on fixed government incomes when they could be actively involved in the economy. The Common Sense Coalition seeks to reform the welfare system to encourage active employment and contribution to Nyland society as a whole. As well, paid maternity leave is another priority to ensure the youngest Nylanders are receiving the attention they deserve from Nylands mothers.
-Education
The trade and manufacturing sectors are struggling to find skilled labor to fill openings as older employees retire and new jobs are created. The Common Sense Coalition wants to begin a new initiative to create opportunities for young (teenage) Nylanders to begin investing in trade skills. This will be an incredibly complicated reform, but the CSC wishes to develop a trade track for young Nyla ders who wish to enter the skilled trades/manufacturing sector upon leaving secondary school.
Specifics about this goal are still a bit murky, as there is much that could be done, but one of the leading ideas is allowing several options to Nyland students for years 11 and 12 that begin putting them on the track to trade certifications that they can complete within a year or so of graduation of secondary school. A more ambitious idea would be to develop an entirely separate secondary school curriculum for trade-focused education, but this has limited support from education experts. Regardless, the CSC wishes to make trade-education just as viable as more a academic liberal-arts focus.