Results of my first issue decision

[GeneralTacticus]

Actually, they aren't that contradictory; just because you hold a right to be very important, doesn't mean it won't be curtailed.

[Dis]

My citizens want Tax Cuts!!. I was tempted to cut them to help my economy, but I didn't like the options. I did like the option to allow my citizens direct where they have their tax dollars go. This should have some interesting results.

And I too have had the political finance issue. I voted against business' contributing to campaigns. Don't like it one bit.

[ColdWizard]

apparently my decision on campaign finance reform (banning corporate contributions), caused a drop in the economy from Very Strong to Good

on the bright side though, Eternal Cold went from Iron Fists Consumerists to Psychotic Dictatorship

next issue on the agenda is tax cuts (legislation pending) which are currently at 17%, over double the starting tax rate of 8%

[Dis]

ahh crap. my economy is weak.

I now have the option of bulldozing a rainforest to get to Uranium deposits underneath. . Luckily their was a third option that seemed cool. I need the economy boost.

[aahz_capone]

Did anyone notice that the Guns, Steel and thingy forum is closed? Does this mean the space will be used for us?

[GeneralTacticus]

I doubt it, though that would be nice; they closed it because the discussion had pretty much dried up.

[CapitanGarlic]

I just made it illegal for hospitals to pay organ donors, and as a result my economy imploded. Damn.

[aahz_capone]

ha! that'll learn ya!

[Dis]

I had an issue to make organ donation mandatory!!!!! Amazing. Being a libertarian I couldn't allow that. Now my description reads that I have the lowests organ donation rates. Oh well.

I'm kind of upset I got a repeat issue. They want more military spending. I voted no this time.

[ColdWizard]

taxes dropped to 7% as a result of my tax cut decision. i've also refused to make organ donation mandatory, allowed limited mining of uranium deposits under the rainforest (what rainforest? the frozen one?). chose the first option in the petition for slightly less dictatorship issue, and selected a new religious advisor, the guy that will retire after his appointment

[Kassiopeia]

I decided not to give workers a raise and instead sided with the employers. The issue has been posted before IIRC.

Results:

- My UN category changed from "Scandinavian Liberal Paradise" to "Left-leaning College State"
- My progressive tax rate dropped from 73 % to a flat tax rate of 58 %
- My economy grade changed from "Imploded" to "Strong"

One single decision and my nation transformed entirely!

[ixnay]

Well, corporations came to me asking for more power in politics. I responded by outlawing elections! That'll show 'em. I'm now a "Father Knows Best State" and Political Freedoms are Outlawed.

Marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, organ donation is compulsory, the death penalty has been reintroduced, and a dictator has seized power and outlawed elections. Crime is a problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Townsville's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the puff.

[ColdWizard]

the psychotic dictatorship of Eternal Cold approves

keep up the good work

[General Ludd]

I took a little bit of a vacation, but have returned to settle the issues facing Ubinia...


1. The Police department proposes installing security cameras in public places - I refuse the proposal, I didn't even realise I had a police department, and I'm not about to let them spy on people.

2. Divorce rates are on the rise - I decide to make same-sex marriages legal, which will make that statistic rise for those who care about it, and abolish the fascist laws regarding homosexuality at the same.

3. Following a murder spree, a rival candidate has be gaining popularity off of people's emotions by campaigning for the death penalty - I, of course, will not stand for this manipulation of the people and will outlaw these sorts of politics, along with the death penalty.

4. Corporations ask to be able to donate money to political parties - The nerve! illegal corporations asking to be able to buy votes? I refused this, ofcourse!

5. Someone asked for the laws against nudity to be repealed - I decide to make nudity compulsory, clothes are oppresive - just like the corporate-culture that created them!

[Method]

Tea Kaygia's TV soaps--famous around the region--have come under fire for their lack of ethnic diversity.
The Debate
"Every night my family and I sit down to watch 'The Brash and the Backstabbing'," says Dave Barry. "But where are the Liliputians like myself? Where are the Bigtopians? The Marche Noirians? People from those cultures can be just as brash and backstabbing, but we never see them on the screen. The government must act to remove this silent apartheid from our TV screens."
[Accept]

"Those Liliputians don't know how good they have it," says Freddy Barry, spokesperson for the Tasmanians Against Ethnic Stereotyping. "Tasmanians are on television all the time, but always in crude, stereotypical roles. The answer is not to enforce ethnic quotas, but to award government prizes for the positive portrayal of minorities. That'll work better, and be cheaper, too."
[Accept]

"The government should do what now?" says TV studio executive Hack Falopian. "You've got to be kidding. We make soaps here, not documentaries. I should be able to put whichever characters I want into my shows. Quotas! Government prizes! God save me! Hasn't the government got anything better to do? Why don't they just back off and let society work out these things on its own?"
[Accept]

tough choice, this.