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[Chancellor Dewa Lanadi]

"Fellow senators,

The Union has received greatly increased tax funding from it's members for some time now. Furthermore, the Union has not seen new members join for some time now, which has strengthened the reserves needed to provide the Offer of Aid.

The cabinet proposes to amend certain laws to allow any new members to more easily catch up with the economic developments of the Union. By doing so new members will be able to contribute more to the Union economy as a whole.

To this end, I propose the following amendments."

The following document was transmitted to all senators:

Increased Offer of Aid Amendment

The Offer of Aid Law shall be amended as follows:

• The period of the offer of aid funding will be extended from 10 to 12 .
• Article 1. will be amended to: "1. They shall be exempt from all taxes for this period, excluding exceptional taxes levied for the defense of the Union."
• Article 2. will be replaced with: "2. They shall be paid a lump sum of 1500 per turn during this period"

The Turn 17 Subsidies Law shall be amended as follows:

• Article 3. will be added which reads as follows:
  Hyperspace Node Subsidy
  A subsidy of 1.0 / (rounded down) is available under the following conditions:
  1. The is bought from a union member, and this union member fabricated the
  2. The is bought by a union member with a taxable income less then or equal to 1000

"Overall, new members will receive an additional 8000 above the traditional 10000 . Furthermore, they will also be able to buy subsidized to encourage expansion and interconnectivity even in the early stages of economic development.

These changes will not cost the Union any additional , as we have been able to systematically save up funds reserved for the Offer of Aid. So in effect there is no reason to be against this vote -- new economies get increased support, leading to increased profits and a stronger Union at zero additional cost.

The following options are available in this vote:"

1. Approve of the amendment,
2. Reject the amendment

“The following member worlds may vote:

• Astai Republic
  
• Confederacy of Excaria
  
• Federal Republic of Bisidn
  
• High Chiefdom of Skuldda
  
• Hiocan Society
  
• Holy Heimgolian Theocracy
  
• IO Protocol
  
• Kingdom of Komès
  
• Kingdom of Meritonia
  
• Miomanian Colonists
  
• New Communist Imperium of the Rising Suns of Deominius
  
• Principality of Suma
  
• Silver Forests of Remunzia
  
• Socialist Republic of Niom
  
• Sundarian Federation

Voting closes on 2016-05-15.”

((OOC: We haven't updated the Union income for some time now, and looking at FWURG player growth and the current economic state, I am reasonably confident that we can raise these numbers even with the current budget. Mainly because the Union can magically save for a later moment... And this will allow new players to start a bit faster, given that they do not receive improved starting resources from the rules this is, I think, a necessity to catch up.))

[Lady Peinaili de Montrève]

"The Sundarian Federation votes options a."

[Senator Enrorgh of Meritonia]

"The kingdom of Meritonia will also support this amendment and therefore vote option a."

[Senator Harek]

"The Hiocan Society votes for option A. We think it is good to support new Union members. "

[Senator Arzag of Suma]

"This proposal stimulates collaboration. The Principality of Suma votes option a. "

[Former Senator Cabew Illix of Skuldda]

"Skuldda votes option a."

[Senator Shahkra of the Federal Republic of Bisidn]

"I think the Union is ready for this amendment, Bisidn votes a for the prosperity of all nations and cultures."

[Atheos]

"The Astai Republic votes option A. We find it amicable to share the prosperity and uplift new members so that they may be worthy partners."

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[Senator Standro of the Confederacy of Excaria]

"The Confederacy of Excaria abstains on this issue"

[Senator Acehtoo of the Miomanian Colonists]

"Mioman votes option a in favour of this proposal. We are very much in support of it."

[Senator Odakim V of the Rising Suns of Deominius]

"Deominius feels that this proposal does not adequately honour those deserving of extra honour and therefore votes option b. We also believe this money is better spend subsidizing existing member worlds, as an aside."

[Senator Salixa of the Silver Forests of Remunzia]

"Remunzia abstains on this matter."

[Holy Heimgolian Theocracy (mask of Mercury)]

Holy Heimgolian TheocracyHeimgol wil vote for option a in support of this proposal

[Senator Ght'Twwf of the Socialist Republic of Niom]

"Due deliberation by the newly instated Committee for Deliberation of the Increased Offer of Aid Amendment which has resulted in a three-volume report on the matter. The Socialist Republic of Niom votes in favour of option A."

[Chancellor Dewa Lanadi]

"As all member worlds that have a vote on this matter have voted, I hereby announce the preliminary results.

The needed majority is 7 votes in favour. The vote is decided in favour of the proposa, with 9 worlds in favour, 1 against and 4 abstained."

[Chancellor Dewa Lanadi]

((OOC: I see I made an OOC mistake in the amendment proposal text. I accidentally wrote 1.0 / instead of 1.0 /

If no one objects to this within the week, I plan on updating that to reflect the intent of the law text in this vote, in the cabinet meeting and on the wiki.

EDIT: No objections were raised, so mistake corrected.))