Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Aging Concerns In NATIONSNAME
Fears about the aging population in NATIONSNAME have been raised after it was discovered that nearly a fifth of the population is over 65 years of age. This demographic shift is becoming a serious drain on pension funds everywhere.
I’ve encountered with many choices
1. “We’re going to run out of working age citizens if we don’t act fast!” warns Indira Clinton, a government statistician. “Birth rates are down, death rates are down, and the amount of budget spent on pensions has doubled in the last twenty years! We need to put an end to this, quickly and without delay: we must get rid of all the people too old to work anymore… well, except for government officials like you and me of course…”
2. “I can’t believe I’m hearing this!” yells Faith Andersson, a wizened octogenerian. “We have our rights! What utter rubbish about our pensions; I can hardly survive on the paltry number of CURRENCY I get each week. If anything, we should get more money. And after the BILLIONS of workhours I put in for NATIONSNAME, it’s the least the government could do in return.”
3. “Well, you know, there is another way,” suggests Lauren Bone, your sleaziest budget analyst. “To appease the elderly lobby, you could increase the pension fund by cutting the healthcare budget. That way higher death rates will compensate for the more generous pensions. In fact, with fewer pensioners to support, slashing healthcare could be the fastest way to build up a budget surplus.” She smiles menacingly.
4. “Woah, woah! Talk about hasty decisions here, man,” says Kool Kal, one of your more hip advisors. “Just increase the working age to say… ninety-five years old? Then the number of people eligible for a pension is like, dramatically reduced, man. Why? It’s ‘cos most of them’ll be like, six feet under, dude!” He high-fives you. “Funny, ain’t it, man?”
5. “There’s no need for anything so controversial,” posits Dana Targaryen, Manager of the Department of Leaver Earnings of Wall To Wall Mart. “If our working age population can’t support the pensions our retirees deserve, then clearly we need more workers. There are plenty of talented Maxtopians, Marche Noirians, and Big- well… and lots of Bigtopians too, queueing up to get jobs in this country. If we open our borders to them, we’ll have more than enough taxpayers to support elderly CITIZEN well into retirement. Everyone’s a winner.”
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Option 4. sounds nice so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Senior citizens are often found slaving away in factories.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Charmlessness
Kardashian Reflex Score 1.8%
Crime
Crimes Per Hour 0.48%
Obesity
Obesity Rate 0.46%
Sector: Manufacturing
Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index 0.13%
Business Subsidization
Gilded Widget Scale 0.13%
Public Education
Edu-tellignce® Test Score 0.13%
Foreign Aid
Clooney Contribution Index 0.13%
Public Transport
Societal Mobility Rating 0.13%
Eco-Friendliness
Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index 0.13%
Employment
Workforce Participation Rate 0.08%
And decline in this qualities
Lifespan
Years 0.07%
Tourism
Tourists Per Hour 0.11%
Average Income
0.13%
Economic Output
0.13%
Taxation
Effective Tax Rate 0.14%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.16%
Government Size
Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index 0.17%
Cheerfulness
Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full 0.85%
Weather
Meters Of Sunlight 1.2%
Health
Bananas Ingested Per Day 1.2%
Inclusiveness
Mandela-Wollstonecraft Non-Discrimination Index 2.1%
Niceness
Average Smiles Per Day 3.0%
Welfare
Safety Net Mesh Density Rating 3.3%
This choice is not nice.
