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AdamTG02
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Aug 2002 time: 00:36
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This just in. With the recent passing of the Public Domain resolution, Admaria has outsourced all creative activities previously under the direct rubric of the federation to the newly formed Federal Copyright Corporation, which does not count as a "government" under international law. Admaria has also announced that, consistent with its constitutional ban on ex post facto laws, changes will not be retroactive, and that all copyrights are considered "perfected" by Admarian statute unless the copyright is invalid due to inapplicability, unoriginality, or fraud.
Before the passage of the resolution, motion in the Federal Corporate Senate to withdraw from the UN garnered wide support, but was delayed by a filibuster, then tabled when the UN resolution passed.
OOC: Yes, I'm back.
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ceroomaster
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Casnewydd, Cymru
Aug 2002 time: 05:36
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Cerooan UN Ambassador Nicola Llewellyn commented that "Ceroo is unhappy to lose both North Teaxs' and Admaria's endorsements [due to them leaving the UN], and the whole region suffers from reduced voting power in the UN". However, the Cerooan government accepts and respects Admaria's descision, and fully understands as it's against the resolution also.
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AdamTG02
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Aug 2002 time: 00:36
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Statement released by the AFC-CIE:
To provide for the general welfare and the common defense, the nearly five billion citizens of Admaria have joined together and established a Constitutional Federation. Still committed to the principle that that government is best that governs least, Admaria also recognizes the principle that untold social costs are incurred when society governs not at all. Therefore, owing to the recovery of our nation's economy, the social and environmental costs of continued corporate rule, and the need to assume the responsibility of our own defense after the dissolution of Akiria and Centralis, Admaria has chosen by a 68% margin in referendum, to enter a new age and adopt the Federal Constitution.
Footnote: The AFC-CIE, the Admarian Federation of Capital - Corporation for Industrial Entrepeneurship, is the largest of the Admarian capitalists' unions and an Admarian Fortune 100 company.
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AdamTG02
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Aug 2002 time: 00:36
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Admar, Admaria
Admarian Chronicle staff writers
Protest demonstrations continued today as the Federal Parliament prepares to vote down a measure that would give retirees pensions from the government. The protesters reacted not only to the defeat of the legislation, but to a widespread pension freeze among many of Admaria's leading corporations.
"I can't live like this!" said protester Faith Falopian. "I got by on my pension for ten years, but this is too much! Health costs are up; taxes keep getting higher, and for what? So that the government can build skate parks for teenagers and employ kids just out of high school in the military! I can't believe what this nation is coming to when the average age in a government job is twenty-five... At least these younguns have their priorities straight."
"I understand the demonstrators' concerns, but we simply can't afford it," said Secretary of the Treasury Bernard Whitmyre, pointing to an array of graphs and pie charts. "They should be angry at the companies for freezing their pensions, not at us."
"How am I supposed to raise pensions when all this tax is eating away at my profit margin?" asked Robert MacGuffin, CEO of Plot Devices, Inc. "The blame belongs squarely with the government -- it's instituted programs that simply were not necessary, like these skate parks for example. And whose idea was it to ban cars from inner cities? That should be a municipal affair, shouldn't it?"
Most municipal governments in Admaria dissolved or were bought out during the Corporate era, and citizens have been reluctant to risk higher taxes by reinstating them.
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AdamTG02
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Aug 2002 time: 00:36
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Admar, Admaria
Admarian Chronicle staff writers
Following chaos in Aeturneus after the collapse of its government, and significant population pressure in Admaria, Federal President Adam Gieseler today announced he would introduce legislation to begin a major exploration, humanitarian aid, and colonization initiative on the island of Aeturneus.
"The population pressure here, and the civil disorder there, has one simple solution," said the Federal President today in a press conference. "Admaria must reach out our hand in brotherhood to the Aeturneans, accepting them as members of the Admarian confederation. All residents of Aeturneus will be recognized as Admarian citizens with all innate rights, natural rights, human rights, constitutional rights, civil rights, and legal rights."
The bill introduced provides for the Federal government to send exploratory teams into Aeturneus to contact the native population, to begin humanitarian aid with the consent of the population, and to assist Admarians in relocating to regions of Aeturneus where the native population consents to their immigration. "Everything we do is intended to be with the consent of the natives," said the President, who mentioned he hopes to avoid the tensions present in other nations' past colonizations.
The bill will also set the groundwork for establishing the Constitutional Confederation of Admaria, composed of two units, the Federation of Admaria and the Community Congress of Aeturneus. A constitution for the Community Congress would subsequently be created, and sent to communities for ratification. Finally, delegates from both the existing Admarian Federation and the Community Congress of Aeterneus would agree on a Confederal Constitution, which would need to be ratified by both populations.
The initiative was undertaken after masssive education and welfare programs intended to deal with population growth returned mixed results.
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