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Each of the parties of the National Assembly had been given plenty of time to read over and propose amendments to the Brick & Mortar Act, and time remained of the essence; the crisis was getting worse each and every week. The Prime Minister of Samgola, Ephraim Yombi, was eager to use his powers as head of government to put Brick & Mortar to a vote. Samgola Dawn seemed opposed to it, as they had been to every single act of government thus far, but the smallest parties in the National Assembly—Labour and the Technocrats—were another story. The bill's main purpose fit nicely into the Labour Front's ethos, and the Minister proposing the act, Gobeni, had very recently belonged to those same circles as them as well. The Technocrats' amendment had been accepted by the D.A.R. and the rest of the Liberty Coalition in closed door discussions, and they seemed most poised of all to vote in favour, having already voiced their support on the assembly floor. With any luck, the bill would pass by a large margin, the internally turbulent SD its only notable naysayers. That could be used against them in the next election: while the Samgola Dawn dithered, the Democratic Alliance for Reform took bold and decisive action to save the country. That would make for a good campaign ad.

Speaking of, the advertisements had already begun. Elections never really stopped in any democracy, and D.A.R. was looking to exploit the support they might receive on the back of the Brick & Mortar Act to maximum effect. Televisions in Kamidye would be airing footage of construction on the Kamidye Rail Line (meant to represent the future construction to begin after Brick & Mortar was passed), coupled with D.A.R. taglines and assurances to the public that the Liberty Coalition was meeting their needs. The most prominent feature of the advertisements was digital recreations of the apartment complexes and highways to be built as part of Brick & Mortar: the sight of a row of affordable, modern apartment buildings appearing before their very eyes where once were downtrodden slums was sure to appeal to the sympathetic middle class in Kamidye, whose support would be crucial to the D.A.R.'s continued success in the next election. The problem of homelessness and unemployment, and the D.A.R.'s resolve to fix it, was to be hammered home as hard as could be. Every man and women in Kamidye would know—whether they were personally affected by the economic crisis or not—that President Samuel Bassong's party had their interests and the interests of the whole country in mind. For so long as D.A.R. was in charge, Samgola would never crumble, and her poor would never be neglected.

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Whereas investment in the infrastructure and economy of the Samgolan nation is beneficial to the nation's wellness and to the improvement of the social conditions of nationals, the following provisions shall be resolved.

[u][b]Article 1.[/b][/u] The government of Samgola: shall make an investment of $12,000,000,000 in housing, to combat homelessness and reduce housing prices for poor Samgolans; shall make an investment of $6,000,000,000 in expanding and improving the National Highway system, to better connect the cities of the country both with themselves as well as with smaller outlying communities through bypasses and feeder roads; shall make an investment of $3,500,000,000 in community planning programs, to ensure access to basic services for all neighborhoods in Samgola; and shall make an investment of $1,000,000,000 in expanding the metropolitan public bus systems that allow for transportation across Samgola's urban centres by people of all income levels. [i]((Generosity))[/i]

[u][b]Article 2.[/b][/u] $4,000,000,000 of the $12,000,000,000 reserved for investment in housing in Article #1 shall be invested in the Housing Loans Department, to allow for Samgolans to have more choice in determining the nature of their residential accommodations. [i]((Liberty))[/i]

[u][b]Article 3.[/b][/u] $1,000,000,000 of the $3,500,000,000 reserved for investment in community planning in Article #1 shall be invested in providing zero-interest small-business loans to Samgolan entrepreneurs, to allow for private enterprise to provide a competitive market for private services in new communities. [i]((Competition))[/i]
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[b]Call to Vote:[/b] Brick & Mortar Act.
[b]Vote:[/b] Brick & Mortar Act; 0 NO - 65 YES.
[b]Campaign: Television Ad:[/b] Kamidye, 3 Months. The Democratic Alliance for Reform supports Urbanization & Industrialization. (-$400,000, -1 Action)

[b]Actions Left:[/b] 4/5.
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