HRM King Carlos Francisco II address to the nation
2:00 PM Justosian Time
January 1, 2007
"My beloved subjects, fellow countrymen. I take my oath as your divinely righted sovereign very seriously. As such I believe that at the summit of the mountain we together are about to climb, there is a profound national glory and security. Scaling this mountain will require us to endure some temporary pain together. I understand my addresses to you are few. This is because I believe the elected government in my name should tend to your needs first as we are a Constitutional Monarchy.
When I come to you like this, it is always of the utmost importance to our national security. Our Monarchist Republic is under grave threat. Sadly, this threat is one that persists from the reign of my padre Carlos the First. God rest his soul. His isolationist and austerity policies I suspect he lobbied the senate to pass, have left the Royal Military in a dilapidated, smaller, and laughable state. I love mi padre dearly, however he was often misguided. I cannot, and will not tolerate this henious state of affairs. Therefore, I am taking swift, solid actions to remedy this situation.
As we speak the senate is currently voting on granting me emergency powers. This is happening because I used my constitutional authority to declare a national emergency which triggered that vote. I expect it to pass. I have refused the authority granted to me under the aforementioned to dissolve the senate. Absolute Monarchy will never return to Justosia. Fear not, my more purely republican minded subjects. I take this responsibility solemnly.
What is going to happen now first will be a series of monetary.....adjustments. The senate is also currently also voting on a tax hike package. I expect it to pass. I am going to be honest with you. The coming higher tax rates will be virtually across the board. A new ten percent tax for capital gains, stocks, inheritance, and real estate. Expect that list to increase. A new three percent tax for earners fifty to one hundred thousand Justos. Ten percent for earners one hundred thousand to two hundred fifty thousand. Twenty percent for earners two hundred fifty thousand and up. Earners fifty thousand and lower will see no changes. At least for now. Furthermore, under my emergency powers which I have been informed the senate has just officially voted me, I am nationalizing the arms, construction, textile, raw materials, natural gas, and manufacturing industries.
All this and likely more is what's needed to bring our military up to a current status. One of modernity, respect, and readiness. I understand this large economic change is shocking to many. It will be an adjustment for all of us as my family and I are affected by many of these changes as well. I am doing this for you, your family, my family. For mi hijo, your next king. So he will not reign over an unsecured husk of a nation. After military modernization, national infrastructure will follow. We will share in this struggle together. Bare the consequences together, and reap the ultimate rewards together. As one national family. God bless you, the mainland, the archipelago, all of Justosia. Thank you."