Originally posted by Lina Maroul
Ginita winced a little as she limped over to the sentinel, "She doesn't look so good, any of you have regenerative powers? I know this...thing's kind of our enemy but I have a conscience and fellow mutants dying usually sends me a little guilty no?"
Lizbetha limped to Ginita's side. "What the hell was that?"
Diandra was forewarned that the human government may or may not bring her to court. She knew she was a minor person to the eyes of normal humans, but she went to visit a prison where normal humans are serving lifetime jail sentences, with or without parole. Whether they are minor or not mattered, because a judicial issue is about handing lifetime imprisonment to minor offenders.
Minor prisoner 1: I am serving a lifetime prison sentence, without parole. I think such sentences shouldn't be handed.
Diandra: You're correct, for I'm a minor person to the eyes of normal humans. Even lifetime prison sentence with parole for minor people will be made illegal, should I be elected.
Minor prisoner 2: Should you win, will the parole board be convoked?
Diandra: The Premier's pardon will apply to all minor offenders who serve lifetime sentences, with or without parole.
The human government of Pennsylvania agreed to a couple of the mutants' demands when they surrendered (and went into election immediately), the most important ones are: The rights guaranteed by the Constitution also applies to mutants and the voting rights are granted by age 16 for both city and state elections. Diandra received the visit of a museum administrator of Gettysburg who is victimized by the state.
Gettysburg National Park administrator: The deal we passed with both the state and federal government (for the Gettysburg National Park is a federal park) forces the state government to pay up the deficits of the park should there be a deficit. Since the teachers' strike of Ohio and West Virginia cut us a couple of visitors, we must conjure you to fund the park adequately.
Diandra: I know culture is a cornerstone of our society. We should allocate some extra funds. With the funds we'll earn from mutant activities, this will be possible, it would have been impossible with the human-run parties.
Near Gettysburg, however, an electric car, driven by an environmentalist, is accompanying a couple of bikes, ridden by workers disenchanted by the labor policies of the human-run Republican state government. Diandra stops by there with the campaign bus.
Environmentalist 1: What would you do to encourage the purchase of electric and hybrid cars?
Diandra: I would promise a dual reformation of tax regulations concerning car acquisitions. 1: tax the cars that consume more than 12 liters per 100 kilometers...
Environmentalist 2: But saying that taxing cars that consume more than 12 L/100 kms sound like if you were to enforce more than mere taxes over cars that consume too much fuel!
Diandra: I assume I want to have car manufacturers supply fuel consumptions in both miles per gallon and liters per 100 kms so we can accommodate both the metric and the Imperial systems. But the taxation of such cars is 15% of the cost of the car after the taxes. You can take it as being above a fuel consumption of either 19.5 miles per gallon or 12 liters per 100 kilometers. One more thing about electric and hybrid cars: a tax credit equal to 7,5% of the cost of the car.
Environmentalist 3: I may work for a business that generates little pollution, but the business make me work 45 hours a week without a 50% bonus for overtime work!
Diandra: This is another promise: above 35 hours a week, every hour you do after that limit will have the 50% bonus for overtime work.
Environmentalist 4: I heard the Green Party would do all of the above, but the Green Party's focus is only environment. At least, you, the Citizen Option, are not only supporting that the U.S. should also sign the Kyoto Treaty, but you have a program that covers every other issue. Then, what would you do for the PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION?
Diandra: Some tax credits for public transportation tickets will also apply.
Still with the environmentalists, Diandra is on the verge of spending the last day before the debate of the party leaders with them.
Environmentalist 5: I know that the minimum wages are somewhat low. My employers may be a non-polluting company, but I think my wages aren't enough to cover all my basic needs. It seems that, for me, though I'm an environmentalist, I may vote for you because you seem to have enough brains to fully understand the people's griefs.
Diandra: To raise the minimum wages by $2 an hour is what I promise.
Diandra has to fight a disgruntled human crowd in order to make it to the place where the debate is held.
Diandra: I just want you to know that I want the mutants to get along better with the normal humans. Granted, I'm a mutant, but you see mutants as being bloodthirsty people. I am actually not a bloodthirsty mutant, I am quite an erudite girl, I don't run for the office of Premier Minister of Pennsylvania for nothing!
Disgruntled human: Get her!
Diandra throws blue thunderbolts at the closest human and since the current is actually 400 amps at 4,500 volts, then imagine how many humans would die from a single shot.
Diandra knew that Justice was in the audience, for that party leader debate is held before an audience. "I can't talk to her now, though she had legitimately gained her access there" she thought.
Moderator: Hello, I'm Jason Bagley. The first topic scheduled for today is healthcare. The Citizen Option candidate will talk first.
Diandra: Using the mutants' powers to cure even phase-IV cancers may seem far-fetched to Republicans and Democrats, but it is now possible. I suggest the mutants should run a public healthcare network at a lower cost than human-run private hospitals.