Think Tank Proposes Privatised Prisons

[Aergad Isles]

Here is the issue:

The Issue
In response to increasing costs of running state prisons, several government advisors have suggested allowing the private sector to play a greater role in managing @@NAME@@'s correctional facilities.

The Debate
1. "@@NAME@@'s prisons are in a ghastly state," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, representative for several large businesses. "The state now pays a fortune in @@CURRENCY@@s each day for every prisoner. My clients will be able to operate the prisons more efficiently and charge the state far less than they're having to pay now. With our help, those in jail will be able to get themselves jobs to do and the government can imprison as many people as they like!"

2. "This is just another scheme by multinational corporations to turn our great nation into a corporate dictatorship!" claims @@RANDOMNAME@@, of the Social Justice League of @@NAME@@. "Just say NO to privatised prisons. We should be closing them all down so we can begin focusing on rehabilitation anyway!"

3. "Private prisons?! Rehabilitation?! How utterly ridiculous!" exclaims @@RANDOMNAME@@, @@NAME@@'s toughest police officer. "Both of these proposals will simply waste resources on the scum of society. I say that we should summarily execute all violent criminals and give their property to their victims."

Could somebody explain what the options do please?

[Aergad Isles]

I've also got this issue:

The Issue

The space research organization in Aergad Isles has requested more government funding for space-related research and development, and the possiblity of creating orbital weapons platforms has become a topic of intense debate.
The Debate

1. General Beth Li says, "We should spend more. But not just on exploration. We should start developing Orbital Weapons! Space Marines! Armed Spacecraft! We would rule the region, and look cool doing it! Just divert some funding from environmental protection, and BAM! Sci-fi goodies!"


2. Noted Scientist and pacifist writer Fleur Winters thinks otherwise, "No! Space is a place for peace! It's the only place left we've got that we haven't screwed up. Oh, the space program still needs funding, don't get me wrong, but none of this 'military in space' stuff will do! We ought to divert funding from the military to education and space research instead!"

This is the position your government is preparing to adopt.

3. Fringe Group Leader Klaus Jefferson disagrees, "Space is a total waste of time. We should spend more on stuff people actually CARE about. Like voting rights and protecting the environment! Forget that fancy-schmancy space station!"

Can someone explain the options here aswell?

[ZellDincht]

I will start with the privatized prisons first.
Option 1- Taxes should lower slightly. Economic freedoms should raise slightly. Your nation will become more capitalist. This option makes me think that civil rights may decrease slightly. I am unsure if the economic strength would actually increase.

Option 2- Should lower taxes slightly (if any). May make your nation more liberal. Will probably lower economic freedoms some.

Option 3- Civil Rights will decrease moderately. Your nation will become more conservative. This may lower taxes moderately.

The space research issue
Option 1- Environment will decrease. Most armed ranking will increase. Taxes will raise slightly(if any). May increase the economy (if any).

Option 2- Will cut down military. Will fund education and space research. May raise taxes slightly(if any). most armed ranking will decrease.

Option 3- Will probably raise taxes, but will fund the environment. Space research will drop to zero so that ranking will decrease.

[Aergad Isles]

Thanks, I'm going to dismiss privatised prisons as getting rid of them will increase crime.