The issue was admittedly not very good and got a lot of negative feedback so I have changed it completely with a new write-up and options so I thought it also deserved its own new thread.
Again, as far as I am aware, there is no issue available which covers the same content as my proposed idea.
I have copy-pasted from my old thread the list of issues covering Affirmative Action (or something similar).
Issue:
- 29 (doesn’t enact AA policy change anymore but it’s about minorities on TV)
- 93 (about reduction of ethnic divisions in schools)
- 315 (about the entertainment industry)
- 464 (about nationalist symbols)
- 508 (about employment of ex-convicts)
- 775 (doesn’t enact AA policy but is about rights of minorities in parliament)
- 948 (about women in engineering, technology and science)
- 1258 (about freeing of the slaves)
Updated Issue
A recent inquiry by your Minister for Welfare into the demographics of @@NATION@@ has revealed certain ethnic minorities – in particular Bigtopians – have significantly lower workforce participation rates than the general population. People are now looking at you for answers on how to deal with this.
1. “These ethnic minorities have been excluded from the workforce too long, we need stronger backed welfare and employment programs in order to help them into jobs, especially Bigtopians.” @@RANDOMNAME@@ suggests, a long-term worker in your welfare program and part-time charity fundraiser. “It’s not just about finding them work but also helping them maintain it. We should give big businesses subsidies for meeting certain ethnic quotas plus offer incentives for Bigtopian people to start their own businesses. That’s the only way we are going to tackle this systemic issue.”
Adds policy: Affirmative action
Effect: Shops and restaurants are laden with signs saying “Bigtopian staff wanted”.
2. “Giving them a handout isn’t the answer!” famous corporate business mogul @@RANDOMNAME@@ exclaims. “Bigtopian immigrants are a burden on our social services, not to mention the least productive workers. I once caught one trying to eat his own shoe on the job! I say we build a wall and send them back to where they came from. They can come back when they aren’t going to drain taxes and exploit our already generous welfare system. Maybe.”
Removes policy: Affirmative action
Adds policy: No immigration?
Effect: Sewers and tunnels are frequently checked by police for Bigtopian infiltrators.
3. “The problem is accountability. A small increase to welfare funding for minorities or Bigtopians is okay, but let’s put all their money on a card so we can keep track of what they’re spending it on,” suggests your budget minister, meanwhile counting @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ while you’re not looking. “To compensate for the extra taxes, we can sell all the information about their spending behaviour and purchase patterns to big businesses for marketing purposes. People will lose a bit of privacy, but that’s the price we pay for a state-of-the-art welfare system.”
Sometimes adds policy: Affirmative action
Effect: The government routinely interrogates welfare recipients regarding their purchase of a stick of gum.
4. “Won't somebody just be rational for once?!” interjects ultra centrist bureaucrat @@RANDOMNAME@@. “Bigtopians are not silly, they can handle their own money without it being put onto some card, nor do we need the bells and whistles of big employment programs. Let's compromise - moderately increase welfare funding for regions with large populations of Bigtopians. Sure, it’ll cost a few @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@, but what kind of society do we want to live in if we can’t even provide for our worst off? Anyway, more money going around also helps the economy right?”
Adds policy: Affirmative action
Effect: Fraudulent ancestry tests to claim benefits as a Bigtopian are rife in the welfare system.
5. “I think we’re forgetting the most important thing – the @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@!” a combative and stubborn welfare recipient retorts as he trots out of a welfare service centre (strangely next to a dam). “If Bigtopians can get more money, why can’t I get more? Poor people are poor no matter what colour they are. If we really want to be equitable here, it doesn’t make sense to discriminate based on race or ethnicity, and doing so is a form of reverse discrimination. Welfare should be fully assets and means-tested so it’s fair for everyone. Hasta la vista preservative fraction!”
Removes policy: Affirmative action
Effect: Welfare recipients are asked to show the contents of their coin purse as a result of rigorous means-testing requirements.
Requires capitalism and welfare validity check