George Rush

George Rush was the 12th Governor-General of New Englia and a former businessman. He ran and won against James McLaren due in part to his anti-big government approach. Rush, however, would be tested in July when the country officially entered a recession. Rush was reluctant to do anything and regarded it as just a typical cycle in many of his speeches. Rush also vetoed any legislation that tried to put measures n place to end the recession saying in a press conference "Any legislation that deals with our economy will put us in debt even more and I sure ass hell will not sign a bill that'll provide aid to the unemployed that costs for than 200 million FRX." As the country went deeper into the recession, Rush still took a "laid back" attitude to the event until the nation's unemployment reached 8.1%. Rush then signed into law 2 bills that provided aid to the unemployed and a 100 million FRX stimulus package for jobs. His actions came too late and he found himself on the outside looking in as he was beat in the 2843 elections. Rush stayed out of the spotlight and stayed that way until his death in 2849. Rush was buried at his home in Coal Province. Hisotrians regard him as the second worst governor-general in history.