Archive:Authority Party

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The Authority Party is a prominent political party in the Triumvirate advocating for an authoritarian government wherein terms of the economy are well planned and controlled and government is traditional with the Triumvirate putting its priorities here at home.

## History

The Authority Party was founded on July 26, 2013, by Ryan Bleitze (Deputy Speaker of the Administration at the time). It represented and stood up for equality, the will of the people, strong government, nationalization of rights and assets, and isolation. The party was initially unsuccessful due to its radical viewpoints and extremely populist and socialist agenda but Bleitze was elected Major Executive for 2014-II in a complicated and narrow election. However, Bleitze fell from graces due to the Blacklist Scandal and resigned as Major Executive, leaving the Authority Party in ruins and causing a deep internal shift in the party. Bleitze's Minor Executive, Edward Stenbach, who took over for him and became Major Executive when Bleitze resigned, sought to assist the party's new chair, Leonard Misset, in rebuilding the party for future success. Misset worked with Stenbach to structurally overhaul the party and split into two parties, the Authority Party (which would shift rather elitist but prefer a command economy) and the Socialist Party but it wouldn't split until May 26, 2015 when the Socialist Party was formed by Henry Gobar and Mio TaVi.

On September 15, 2015, after discussion with Major Executive Charles Sessions, Howard Coleson, and Adelyn Ewart of the Cosmopolitan Party in the weeks prior, the Authority Party dissolved and merged with the Cosmopolitan Party. The Authority's chairman, Leonard Misset (who was being considered for a seat on the Supreme Court at the time as well), issued the following statement:

> The Authority Party will be dissolved this afternoon and the two active members, myself and Fenner Plecrov, will be joining the Cosmopolitan Party. I will be serving on the board, and the party will be discussing a more comprehensive platform.
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> The Authority Party has walked a road of ups and downs, radicalism, severe shifts in ideology, confrontational actions, and internal strife. The Authority Party caused a massive split within the Progressive Party in 2014 leading to the Cosmopolitan Party and then, over the past summer, the Socialist Party came about as a break from the Authority Party. It's a party that has reversed course several times and, though each time its become more refined and improved its standing, this is the best course of action.
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> I want to thank all of the supporters of the Authority Party from the time this small party began on July 26, 2013. It's been an interesting series of transitions from radical leftist populism to devastation, to moderation, and then to elitism. But I look forward, we all look forward, to the future of our ideology and to the future of the Cosmopolitan Party and the legacy that the Authority Party left on history and on the Triumvirate.
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#### The Economy

1. **Equality of Rights:** All Triumvirate citizens should be entitled to same rights and rules. They should have the same economic, educational, and career opportunities.
2. **Graduated Tax on Corporate Income:** The Authority Party seeks a graduated tax system on corporations, to make our economy more fair and to better serve all people instead of only the wealthy. Increasing tax rates to better increase services by the government is fundamental for equality amongst citizens and for a strong Triumvirate.
3. **Imposition of a Personal Income Tax:** We believe that a personal, graduated income tax should be imposed and that we should amend the Constitution to allow for a much more effective tax system.
4. **Regulation of Unfair Business Actions:** Lack of regulation leads to corruption and riskiness in and out of business, so the Authority Party believes that businesses should be regulated so as to promote equal and affordable prices in products and to provide better services for their laborers and for the entire Triumvirate.
5. **Government Sponsored Programs:** The government should put money towards many things, including being the primary force in the development of artwork and culture, in defense, in employment assurance through government jobs, and towards many services for Triumvirate citizens.
6. **Minimum Wage:** We believe we need to re-implement a national minimum wage that is reasonable and fair so that every worker seeks to get a fair wage, allowing them to participate in the Triumvirate to their fullest ability.
7. **Limiting maximum stock ownership:** By restricting the maximum amount of share a person can have in a company, we democratize the process of business ownership and make sure that no one person is solely in control of an institution that should be controlled by all shareholders.
8. **Emphasizing Recruitment:** One place where the government can spend the most attention and money and do the most good is by incentivizing recruitment and making sure we put the most attention into getting new members and making sure they are content and able here.

#### The Government

1. **Executive Power:** We believe that the Executive Branch should be the most powerful and prominent branch of government, using its resources and wisdom to promote the greatness that has been and will continue to be the Triumvirate. However, we believe that a weaker Major Executive, one that does not lead from the front and instead serves to help the other Executives and prop them up rather than seek personal power, is necessary for the collective good.
2. **Just One Senator:** There is no need for two Senators in the Executive Branch and we support reducing the number to one, allowing the room for a productive Executive position rather than just a voting one.
3. **Citizen-Government Integration:** The government should be the largest part of the Triumvirate, and all Triumvirate citizens should have to have some part in it. We want all citizens to be integrated into the government so that the state is steady and safe, and so that all citizens know what it means to truly stand for and aide the Triumvirate cause. We are all in this together, and the government is the only place where we can show that.
4. **Role of the Courts:** The courts should have the role to maintain the balance between the rights of the people and the government, serving as a check so that the government is permitted to do the proper work and make the proper actions while the people are protected in their equality and rights.

#### Foreign Affairs

1. **Foreign Policy:** The Authority Party believes that foreign policy should serve only to further the cause of humanity and equality, both of which the Triumvirate needs to improve itself, so by expanding the Triumvirate first and foremost, and making the Triumvirate an equal and communal state, we will help the world.

## Current Members

* Leonard Misset (Chairman of the Party)
* Fenner Plecrov (board member)
* Sapphire Franklin
* Thomas Franklin