[SUBMITTED] @@NAME@@'s Affluenza Outbreak

[Nation of Quebec]

It's been a while since I've done one of these, but this is an issue I've been wanting to tackle.

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Name: Name’s Affluenza Outbreak

Description: After scandal plagued politicians and pop stars successfully used the now infamous “Affluenza Defence”, social activists have been protesting a defence which they believe creates a two-tier justice system.

Validity: Valid for all nations with a court system

[option]“Why is it okay for a rich young pop star to do drugs but not my son?” wails activist @@RANDOMNAME@@. “My son is now labelled a stone cold thug while mayors and pop stars who commit the same crimes get away with them with a mere apology? These people who grow up with silver spoons in their mouths always fail to understand that their actions have consequences. We must punish their crimes just as we would anyone else. The amount of @@CURRENCY@@s a person has in their bank account should never enter into the equation of justice!"
[effect]politicians and small time drug dealers can often be found sharing the same prison cell
[stats]apathy decreases, happiness increases, law and order funding increases, police ratio increases, social equality increases, taxes increase

[option]”It’s not my fault my parents didn’t teach me right from wrong,” comments pop star @@RANDOMNAME@@ who was cleared of several DUI charges. “We celebrities, CEOs, and politicians are already scrutinized every day by the media and the paparazzi. Is it any wonder a few of us go off the rails? Yeah, we may be an embarrassment to many in @@NAME@@, but we contribute heavily to @@NAME@@’s culture and economy. Isn't that more important than the concerns of a few whiners?”
[effect]citizens are given permanent get out of jail free cards once their yearly income statements reach the one million mark
[stats]apathy increases, happiness decreases, civil rights increase slightly, crime increases, law and order funding decreases, police ratio decreases slightly, safety decreases, most cultured decreases slightly, social equality decreases

[option]”On the contrary the rich and famous should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us” muses economics professor @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ while stroking his beard. “People look up to them as role models. If they see them getting away with every crime in the book than they’ll be thinking they can get away with those crimes. The rich and famous should face harsher sentencing and public trails for all of @@NAME@@ to see. Yes, that will include some politicians and CEOs, but surely nobody from your party would be affected!”
[effects]politicians and CEOs often conduct business in the comfort of their own prison cell
[stats]apathy decreases, social equality increases, crime decreases, safety increases, law and order funding increases, most cultured decreases, economy decreases slightly, taxes increase

[The United Motherland]

It's been a while since I've done one of these, but this is an issue I've been wanting to tackle.

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Name: @@Name@@’s Affluenza Outbreak

Description: After scandal plagued politicians and pop stars successfully used the now infamous “Affluenza Defense,” many social activists have been protesting a defense which they believe creates a two-tier justice system.

Validity: Valid for all nations with a court system and a high drug rate (Makes sense for the Issue)

[option]“Why is it okay for a rich young pop start to do drugs but not my son?” Wails activist @@RANDOMNAME@@. “My son is now labelled a stone cold thug while mayors and pop stars who commit the same crimes get away with them with a mere apology? You can’t have two measures of justice where one segment of the population is scrutinized and automatically found guilty while another gets no scrutiny! When the concept of an equal justice system fails, society fails along with it. Either enforce the laws across the board or don’t have the laws at all.”
[effect]Politicians and two-bit drug dealers can often be found sharing the same prison cell.
[stats]apathy decreases, happiness increases, law and order funding increases, police ratio increases, social equality increases

[option]”It’s not my fault my parents didn’t teach me right from wrong,” comments pop star @@RANDOMNAME@@ who was cleared of several DUI charges. “We celebrities, CEOs, and politicians are already scrutinized every day by the media and the paparazzi. Is it any wonder a few of us go off the rails? Besides, we contribute heavily to @@NAME@@’s culture, economy, and laws. Isn't it fair to let us off the hook?”
[effect]Citizens are given permanent get out of jail free cards once their yearly income statements reach the one million mark.
[stats]apathy increases, happiness decreases, civil rights increase slightly, crime increases, law and order funding decreases, police ratio decreases slightly, safety decreases, most cultured decreases slightly, social equality decreases

[option]”On the contrary the rich and famous should be held to a different standard,” muses economics professor @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ while stroking his beard. “We should be holding them to a higher standard than the rest of society. People look up to them. If they see them getting away with every crime in the book than they’ll be thinking they can get away with those crimes. The rich and famous should face harsher sentencing and public trails for all of @@NAME@@ to see. Yes, that will include some politicians and CEOs, but isn’t it worth it to lower the crime rates?”
[effects]Politicians and CEOs often conduct business in the comfort of their own prison cell.
[stats]apathy decreases, social equality increases, crime decreases, safety increases, law and order funding increases, most cultured decreases, economy decreases slightly, taxes increase

You forgot some things highlighted in red. Mainly grammatical Errors, Good issue (First time editing one)

Edit 1: Saw more Grammatical Errors.
Edit 2: Saw problem with name.
Edit 3 & 4: Saw a couple of mistakes on own part
Edit 5: Question: Should you put a High Corruption rate as well with the Validity?

[Nation of Quebec]

Always nice to receive feedback from new people. I've made a couple of changes, but I've never capitalized the first sentence for the effect line and it's never been an issue when my issues do make it into the game.

[Sanctaria]

Effect line is never capitalised (unless it's a proper noun) as it's part of a run on sentence.

"Follow recent legislation in @@NATIONNAME@@, the effect line goes after the comma"

[The United Motherland]

Effect line is never capitalised (unless it's a proper noun) as it's part of a run on sentence.

"Follow recent legislation in @@NATIONNAME@@, the effect line goes after the comma"

I'll keep that in my mind, thanks.

[Yeezyville]

Shouldn't culture increase for option number two? The random celebrity is saying that celebrities contribute to culture so why would culture be decreased?

[The Grim Reaper]

Are you quite sure 'affluenza' isn't a regional colloquialism? It's not a term I'm familiar with (Victorian Australian).

[Sanctaria]

Are you quite sure 'affluenza' isn't a regional colloquialism? It's not a term I'm familiar with (Victorian Australian).

As far as I know NoQ is North American, whereas I'm Irish and in the Ireland/UK area, and I'm familiar with it. Also Affluenza's Wiki page even has a "In Australia" section.

Don't get me wrong, I'm usually the first to point out "I don't get this, I don't think others will get this", but in this case I'm confident. Plus it's pretty Google-able.

[Panageadom]

Are you quite sure 'affluenza' isn't a regional colloquialism? It's not a term I'm familiar with (Victorian Australian).

When Quebec first told me about the idea, I wondered what Affluenza was for a second - I haven't heard the term used, but it's a fairly obvious portmanteau of affluence and influenza.

[Nation of Quebec]

Are you quite sure 'affluenza' isn't a regional colloquialism? It's not a term I'm familiar with (Victorian Australian).

When Quebec first told me about the idea, I wondered what Affluenza was for a second - I haven't heard the term used, but it's a fairly obvious portmanteau of affluence and influenza.

Panageadom has it exactly right. It's a portmanteau of affluence and influenza. My issue title is a play on words. A simple Google search should tell you more about it.

[Al-Aqar]

If we're quibbling over grammar and punctuation, the second sentence isn't a question. An exclamation point would be more appropriate.

[option]“Why is it okay for a rich young pop star to do drugs but not my son?” wails activist @@RANDOMNAME@@. “My son is now labelled a stone cold thug while mayors and pop stars who commit the same crimes get away with them with a mere apology? You can’t have two measures of justice where one segment of the population is scrutinized and automatically found guilty while another gets no scrutiny. When the concept of an equal justice system fails, society fails along with it. Either enforce the laws across the board or don’t have the laws at all.”

Maybe "small-time" drug dealers instead of "two-bit"?

When this comes up in the news IRL, the argument I find most compelling runs something like this - I don't know if you think it deserves a place somewhere in the first option...

"These people grow up hearing that their actions don't have consequences - so when they break the law, their actions shouldn't have consequences? What kind of twisted logic is that? We need to punish them for their wrongdoing just like we would anyone else!"

More minor punctuation quibbles (hyphenation, comma/quotes placement). I also wonder if you might reconsider using "defense" twice in the same sentence - it reads a bit clumsily, though I can't actually think of a suitable substitute at the moment.

Description: After scandal-plagued politicians and pop stars successfully used the now infamous “Affluenza Defense,” many social activists have been protesting a defense which they believe creates a two-tier justice system.

Cheers -

[Panageadom]

It's been a while since I've done one of these, but this is an issue I've been wanting to tackle.

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Name: Name’s Affluenza Outbreak

Description: After scandal plagued politicians and pop stars successfully used the now infamous “Affluenza Defense” Defence, many social activists have been protesting a defense which they believe creates a two-tier justice system.

Validity: Valid for all nations with a court system

[option]“Why is it okay for a rich young pop star to do drugs but not my son?” wails activist @@RANDOMNAME@@. “My son is now labelled a stone cold thug while mayors and pop stars who commit the same crimes get away with them with a mere apology? You can’t have two measures of justice where one segment of the population is scrutinized and automatically found guilty while another gets no scrutiny. When the concept of an equal justice system fails, society fails along with it This sentence reads as far more theoretically minded than the previous wailing. Either enforce the laws across the board or don’t have the laws at all. Technically, it's not clear whether this issue is recommending you scrap the laws or actually enforce them: I know stats have unintended consequences, but this one basically recommends two opposite things.”
[effect]politicians and two-bit drug dealers can often be found sharing the same prison cell
[stats]apathy decreases, happiness increases, law and order funding increases, police ratio increases, social equality increases Rather positive, no? Tax burden, at least?

[option]”It’s not my fault my parents didn’t teach me right from wrong,” comments pop star @@RANDOMNAME@@ who was cleared of several DUI charges. “We celebrities, CEOs, and politicians are already scrutinized every day by the media and the paparazzi. Is it any wonder a few of us go off the rails? I appreciate that this is intentionally written as a more sympathetic character than we might otherwise expect as otherwise the issue becomes unbalanced, but this I can simply not imagine a Justin Bieber speaking like this. Besides, we contribute heavily to @@NAME@@’s culture, economy, and laws Laws - really? Isn't that a negative thing?. Isn’t it fair to let us off the hook? There must be a euphemistic way of saying this, that doesn't imply that they get off scot-free, even if they do.”
[effect]citizens are given permanent get out of jail free cards once their yearly income statements reach the one million mark
[stats]apathy increases, happiness decreases, civil rights increase slightly, crime increases, law and order funding decreases, police ratio decreases slightly, safety decreases, most cultured decreases slightly, social equality decreases

[option]”On the contrary the rich and famous should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us” muses economics professor @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ while stroking his beard. “People look up to them as role models. If they see them getting away with every crime in the book than they’ll be thinking they can get away with those crimes. The rich and famous should face harsher sentencing and public trails for all of @@NAME@@ to see. Yes, that will include some politicians and CEOs, but isn’t it worth it to lower the crime rates? Possible joke could be instead of lower crime rates, "but surely no-one in your party would be affected?" or something along those lines”
[effects]politicians and CEOs often conduct business in the comfort of their own prison cell
[stats]apathy decreases, social equality increases, crime decreases, safety increases, law and order funding increases, most cultured decreases, economy decreases slightly, taxes increase

[Nation of Quebec]

Changes made to both of your suggestions.

The character in option two is partly based on Justin Bieber if he wasn't a total douchebag and an awful human being.