Welfare issue and happiness ranking

[Gfiewgjknsiorjgiostan]

Hello!

I was just wondering how I could receive a welfare issue if there's no welfare spending by the government. Seems a bit strange to me.
Also, I noticed that Communist Georgiaa is ranked amongst the Top 10 % for happiest citizens, scoring 10, but strangely enough, Woregono scores 11 and is not ranked amongst the Top 10 %. Is there anyone who could explain this please? Thanks.

[Paginista]

Wealfare =/= guaranteed happiness. Sure it can help but you also got to take into account things like civil and political rights

[Idzequitch]

Hello!

I was just wondering how I could receive a welfare issue if there's no welfare spending by the government. Seems a bit strange to me.
Also, I noticed that [nation=short]Communist Georgiaa[/nation] is ranked amongst the Top 10 % for happiest citizens, scoring 10, but strangely enough, [nation=short]Woregono[/nation] scores 11 and is not ranked amongst the Top 10 %. Is there anyone who could explain this please? Thanks.

They come up randomly, and there;s nothing you can do to get one sooner, but there are a lot of issues relating to welfare, so you should get one fairly soon.
As far as happiness, it's a very unreliable stat. Much like real people, your people are rather fickle, and their happiness fluctuates regularly.

[Gfiewgjknsiorjgiostan]

Hello!

I was just wondering how I could receive a welfare issue if there's no welfare spending by the government. Seems a bit strange to me.
Also, I noticed that [nation=short]Communist Georgiaa[/nation] is ranked amongst the Top 10 % for happiest citizens, scoring 10, but strangely enough, [nation=short]Woregono[/nation] scores 11 and is not ranked amongst the Top 10 %. Is there anyone who could explain this please? Thanks.

They come up randomly, and there;s nothing you can do to get one sooner, but there are a lot of issues relating to welfare, so you should get one fairly soon.
As far as happiness, it's a very unreliable stat. Much like real people, your people are rather fickle, and their happiness fluctuates regularly.

I think I used poor wording. I asked how I was able to receive a welfare issue despite having none in this nation. I don't think it should have been possible. And I had another, unrelated question, namely how a nation with happiness 10 could be ranked higher than one that scored 11 on the scale.

[Idzequitch]

I don't think I can really answer your first question without seeing the issue.

As to the second, as I said, the happiness rating tends to fluctuate. The last time happiness was featured in the world census report, the first nation was in the top 10% and the other was not. The second one, as of now, has surpassed the first, but the rankings have not yet been updated.

[Gfiewgjknsiorjgiostan]

I don't think I can really answer your first question without seeing the issue.

As to the second, as I said, the happiness rating tends to fluctuate. The last time happiness was featured in the world census report, the first nation was in the top 10% and the other was not. The second one, as of now, has surpassed the first, but the rankings have not yet been updated.

Excuse me.

The Issue

A recent lull in legislation has sparked the fires of some bored politicians. After reviewing the back-log of constituent complaints, they've come to your desk demanding welfare reform.
The Debate

"The process ought to be made easier," says Inga Matthews, picking the grime out of her dirty fingernails. "It's so difficult convincing welfare administrators that I am actually a poor, helpless vagrant on the brink of homelessness! When you finally do, you get tangled up in all the red tape, and you're lucky to see a dime. The government should just trust my word and fork over the Gfiewgjknsiors I need to survive."

"The current system is not very efficient, I'll admit," says Falala Longbottom, a local welfare administrator and esteemed bureaucrat. "But we can't trust these bums to manage their welfare aid. How are we supposed to help them help themselves if they waste their benefits on things like trashy clothes and cheap alcohol? We need more authority over how the aid is spent, it's the only way we can be assured that it is used responsibly."

"Get the free-loaders off the government teat!" shouts conservative activist, Larry Lee. "The free-market system says that those who work hard will succeed. If these so-called 'needy people' would roll their sleeves up, lift a finger, and earn an honest living, we wouldn't be bankrupting our country helping them! The only sensible solution is to abolish all welfare programs, and let the natural, capitalist process take place."

"He has a point," says popular political pundit Erica Leach. "There are a lot of people in the system, and some of them don't really need to be there. The government should be finding these people jobs, so that our welfare system can survive and meet the needs of the truly impoverished. Of course, we're going to have to spend a few Gfiewgjknsiors to achieve this goal. But, what's a little tax hike if it means saving our dying welfare programs and the people who depend on them?"

"Capitalism is the very reason why we need welfare in the first place. Laissez-faire policies would only make the problem worse," argues political activist Marlon Washington. "If the government would ensure that all employers pay their employees the amount they need to live - no more, no less - then the problem of providing for the poor would disappear."

Also, I know it tends to fluctuate, it just seemed strange to me that in todays census nation with a lower score would sometimes be ranked higher than nations with an actually higher score.

[Eaischpnaeieacgkque Bhcieaghpodsttditf]

you have welfare. It is 1. That's how you can get a welfare issue with LITTLE welfare.

p.s. this is my 2600 post! Dang, I have a long time to go before becoming a post kaiser. lol.