How to balance "Hurry"

[Leon Trotsky]

I am planning to play a TCP/IP with my comrades using custom factions, and one proposed the following:

LEADER: El Gordo Fernickk
BACKGROUND: Comedian, Unity Final Party Comediant
AGENDA: Irrestricted society
TECH: Doctrine: Mobility

-2 EFFICIENCY: Disorganization
-1 SUPPORT: Followers have extravagant tastes
+1 MORALE: Suicidal Behavior
-3 POLICE: Armed forces are not a legitimate way of control
Free RECREATION COMMONS at each base: Entertainment is a part of every job
-20% of the treasury every year: Money trashed in useless things
Production hurry 80%: Jokers are good at improvisation
Extra TALENT for every four citizens: Rare virtue not repressed by customs
May not use Thought Control Future Society

I disapproved his reduced hurry costs. His argument is that reserve drain from negative interest compensates for his reduced hurry, and that energy has other uses (SE changes, upgrading, subvert). I say that most cash is used in hurrying, and, more importantly, one seldom keeps energy reserves; credits are spent as soon as possible, thus making the interest penalty more bearable. What do you think about that? Does INTEREST, -20 negate HURRY, 80?


(I also told him that forbidding a Future Society is quite bland, and that in order to reflect the spirit of his faction, he could use Planned instead.)

[Chaos Theory]

Mixing -2 effic with -20% interest is an effective penalty, since the cost to move sliders away from 50/50 is so high, this faction wouldn't be able to divert unwanted ECs to labs.

[Maniac]

I'd say -20% hurry costs more or less equals +1 Industry.