I don't believe an issue about this has been done already.
I need more stats fields for each to change.
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Current Draft - Suggestions I've not used are in blue, my question are in green
Title: Swept away?
Description:After heavy rainfall caused burst riverbanks and flash flooding in the low-lying regions of @@NAME@@, opinions are divided as to what the government's response should be.
Validity: Invalid for nations with high infrastructure spending
Options:
[option] "We need help to recover from this horrible act of nature,” says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a resident of the flooded zone, trying to stop his hands from shaking. “I’ve lost everything; my house, cars, yacht. There was no time to recover anything before it was swept away. The government should compensate us for our losses - it wasn't our fault, after all, and without someone to help us I'll be without a roof to live under. It may require a tax rise, but hey, what’s a rise compared to looking after the citizens?
[effect] the Government is flooded with compensation requests
[stats]tax increases, crime increases, social welfare spending increases, economy shrinks slightly, that civil rights increase slightly,
[option]”They want what!? "replies @@RANDOMNAME@@, a spending-averse libertarian.“ At the end of the day, they chose to live in flood regions. Why should the government pay out compensation to these half-brained idiots at all? Stop this stupidity, and we'll all get a well-deserved tax break. If they want money when there’s a flood, they should get insurance and hang the expense! Make them bear the costs of their own idiocy!
[effect] people are charged extortionate rates to get insurance
[stats]tax decreases, government size decreases, crime increases, economy size increases slightly, insurance industry size increases, social welfare spending falls radically, happiness rises very slightly
[option]”You know what? These floods should never have happened in the first place,” states @@RANDOMNAME@@, a notable architect, with an excited glint in their eye. “They've caused destruction and damage; costing millions of @@CURRENCY@@s to repair - not including the thousands we'd spend in recompensation... What I propose is the government investing heavily in massive flood defences: levees, floodways and gates. Wall off the seas and lakes! Put flood gates on every river! We’ll have no more floods in @@NAME@@! “
[effect] children are often seen going on school trips to visit free-running rivers
[stats] tax increases slightly, quality of the environment decreases, economy size increases very slightly, happiness decreases, infrastructure rises
[option]”You know what? Why don’t we use the cheap, easy solution to stop this problem?” says @@RANDOMNAME@@, floating past on a makeshift raft. "It's simple: just stop people building on flood plains. If you’re not in a floodable area, you can’t get flooded. Who's going to complain? A bunch of real-estate developers? Please. Even the environmentalists will be happy - they can have the land as some kind of nature reserve.”
[effect]@@NAME@@ is experiencing a chronic lack of space for new houses
[stats] happiness decreases, quality of the environment increases, tax decreases, economy shrinks, insurance industry shrinks, environment rises as a government priority, economic freedoms fall.
Original Draft.
