Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Cui Bono?
Conservative media news source Brightheart’s recent exposé claiming that 25% of domestic terrorist funding comes from welfare fraud has sparked an earnest debate across NATIONSNAME on welfare reform.
I’ve encountered with 4 choices
1. “It was bad enough that criminals and lazy bums were scrounging from the state, but now the government is directly subsidising terrorism!” yells Brightheart News reporter Kanya Cheswick, pursuing you down the street and trampling over a homeless man’s sleeping bag to keep up. “You have to end the free ride! Cut welfare completely, and make our nation safe!”
2. “Hold your horses there buddy, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater,” says single parent Nick Jamieson, ignoring the three mewling moppets trying to get his attention. “NATIONSNAME just needs its welfare system to be fully managed, monitored, and policed. Give folks on welfare charge cards whose transactions records are sent to a searchable police database. Then anyone making a purchase that’s the least bit suspicious should be brought in for interrogation.”
3. “Sounds like a lot of expensive admin work to me,” complains Welfare Director Theresa Powers. “Wouldn’t you rather have a solution that reduces government spending but still helps those who deserve it? Here’s the thing, nobody wants to say it, but we all know that 99% of terrorists are from a handful of religions and nations. Just say that people from those groups don’t get welfare, and you can both save money and prevent terrorism!”
4. “I say unto you that the answer is more welfare, not less!” offers unemployed youth Buffy Violetsglory, pushing a shopping trolley of ammonium nitrate and diesel oil to the checkout till. “If you increase welfare, then maybe the resentful disenfranchised minorities will feel more supported by society, and become less prone to radicalisation. What have you got to lose?”
5. Dismiss the issue
Option 2. sounds nice so I choose it.
The result saids ‘More money is spent on policing the welfare system for abuse than on the welfare system itself.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Authoritarianism
Stalins 20.0%
Law Enforcement
Orwell Orderliness Index 6.4%
Social Conservatism
Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index 2.3%
Safety
Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating 0.67%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.62%
Tourism
Tourists Per Hour 0.30%
Government Size
Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index 0.26%
Employment
Workforce Participation Rate 0.18%
Average Income
CURRENCY 0.15%
Economic Output
CURRENCY 0.15%
Taxation
Effective Tax Rate 0.09%
And decline in this qualities
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.14%
Business Subsidization
Gilded Widget Scale 0.15%
Foreign Aid
Clooney Contribution Index 0.15%
Public Education
Edu-tellignce® Test Score 0.15%
Eco-Friendliness
Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index 0.15%
Public Transport
Societal Mobility Rating 0.15%
Sector: Manufacturing
Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index 0.15%
Public Healthcare
Theresa-Nightingale Rating 0.15%
Nudity
Cheeks Per Square Mile 0.20%
Recreational Drug Use
Pineapple Fondness Rating 0.27%
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Units 0.65%
Welfare
Safety Net Mesh Density Rating 1.3%
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 1.4%
Crime
Crimes Per Hour 1.5%
Weaponization
Weapons Per Person 4.8%
This choice is OK.
