- Name
A Working Class Hero Is Something To Be
Description
The quarterly production reports show that a worker from North @@NAME@@, Alenyo Stackemup, has mined more unobtainium ore than all the other workers in his district combined, leading to questions about how the state should recognise such industriousness.
Validity
Nation has chosen an issue adopting a planned economy or has 0% private industry. Whatever makes sense for the issue.
Options
[option]"Comrade Stackemup is truly setting a fine example to the workers of @@NAME@@!" enthuses the Minister for Industry, @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Clearly, we should be rewarding such commitment to the cause. If we increase his ration allowance, and give him a nicer state apartment to live in, the other workers will be motivated to match his output. Once word spreads, the mines will be humming. It'll be the dawn of a new age of economic productivity!"
[effect]tired miners jealously watch as their harder working colleagues are rewarded with cushy perks
[stats]Economy (mining industry) increases, economic freedoms increase slightly, equality decreases, people become more hardworking, corruption increases, happiness decreases
[option]"You're forgetting the ideals that first led to us adopting a planned economy," interjects the rather more dour and ideologically rigid Minister for Resources, @@RANDOMNAME@@. "From each according to his ability - to each according to his NEED. Comrade Stackemup doesn't need any more rations than any other worker, and contributing to the country should be its own reward. Giving special treatment to workers who produce more will lead us down the slippery slope back to capitalist exploitation."
[effect]every worker receives exactly the same pay regardless of how much they've actually done
[stats]Economy (mining industry) decreases, economic freedoms decrease slightly, equality increases, people become less hardworking, happiness increases
[option]"I actually think we have a bigger problem than that," says the perpetually suspicious Minister for Internal Affairs, @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Have you really looked at the numbers his manager has claimed? According to their report, Stackemup's production level was OVER 9000! That's just not possible: no one could humanly shift that much unobtainium. They're obviously falsifying the data. We need to eliminate such corruption with a thorough audit of the whole sector, and in the meantime, don't go making an example of Stackemup and his supposed achievements: we'll all end up embarrassing ourselves."
[effect]it is impossible to get any work done as auditors swarm every inch of government factories and mines
[stats]Economy (mining industry) decreases significantly, economic freedoms decrease, corruption decreases, Administration increases, government size increase, tax increases, crime decreases
[option]"Maybe we should make an example of him!" fumes the Minister for Justice, @@RANDOMNAME@@. "But instead of a nice new apartment, let's give him a nice cold prison cell! Or, if he's really such a hard worker, then I'm sure he won't mind reporting to the labour camps for, shall we say, ten years? Anyone who lies about their production quotas is a traitor to @@NAME@@ and an enemy of the people! With your permission, we should install undercover commissars in every factory to report back on any such obvious treason."
[effect]miners are commonly hauled off to the gulags for the crime of "working too hard"
[stats]corruption decreases significantly, crime decreases significantly, authoritarianism increases, Administration increases, Law & Order increases, tax increases, government size increases, political & economic freedoms decrease, people become more hardworking
