DRAFT 4 23.9.19:
TITLE:
Morally Bankrupt
VALIDITY:
Capitalism, Internet
DESCRIPTION:
Limited liability company 'On The Books' was one of the biggest online retailers based in @@NAME@@, diversifying from pre-packaged holidays into a broader retail market. However, a series of poor financial decisions led it into significant debt, and following a year of massive losses it has declared insolvency. With vast debts unpaid and limited assets to liquidate, clarification is being sought on the legal framework around which creditors should get first dibs.
OPTION 1
"The Treasury has to come first," asserts Revenue Director Penny Pinn-Sherman, hovering vulture-like at the edge of the room. "Public finances depend upon settlement of unpaid taxes, and prioritising government revenue keeps the burden on income taxpayers low."
OUTCOME:
taxmen are issued steel cap boots to kick you when you're down
OPTION 2
"You must protect affiliated industry," asserts billionaire hotel owner Conrad Milton-Harriott. "Imagine a chain of unfulfilled invoices, then unemployment from cost-cutting downsizing, and small companies going under through cashflow failures. Start with the biggest creditors first, and safeguard the economy."
OUTCOME:
"Money for Nothing" is the official anthem of many a megacorporation
OPTION 3
"No, you have to pay back the smallest debts first!" pleads mum-of-three Donna Pinafore, whose greying hair has turned chalk white after hearing their long-awaited holiday has been cancelled. "Think of the little people!" She holds up her wailing youngest child for your consideration.
OUTCOME:
supply companies submit two dozen invoices for twenty-four paperclips
OPTION 4
"Look, a lot of us worked the last months with our salaries 'deferred', to try to save the company," complains unemployed shelf-stacker Si Attica. "Covering all unpaid wages should be the first priority. You do care about the working man, don't you?"
OUTCOME:
company directors make sure that they take their multimillion @@PLURALCUURRENCY@@ pay packet before declaring insolvency
OPTION 5
"Limited liability is the problematic phrase here," argues anti-capitalist campaigner Sue S. Sidal-Tendensee. "Make it so that company directors are always personally liable for company debts, and maybe they'll be more financially cautious."
OUTCOME:
vagrants sometime have cardboard signs that read "please help, 45 million @@PL(CURRENCY)@@ in debt"
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