The Issue
A recent severe crash in the stock market of Greater Evil Imperial Japanese Dystopia and a plummet of the value of the Yen has brought the issue of government bailouts to the forefront of the national agenda.
The Debate
"We need to do something now! The people's welfare -- not to mention all my side businesses -- are in serious danger!" screams your finance minister Bill Sanchez. "We need an extensive support program for the businesses that make our country great, otherwise we might as well join ranks with those... third-world countries," he shudders. "Nevermind that all the businesses on this list are owned by my relatives!"
"You're talking about doing what!?" screams Jack Longfellow, a noted fiscal conservative and libertarian scholar. "Government bailouts won't solve anything. They'll only redistribute wealth to those the government happens to favor at that particular moment, while placing a crushing burden onto everybody else. The government must instead cut taxes across the board and axe all unnecessary social programs, particularly our welfare system."
"This bring up an interesting point," remarks socialist author Max Chen. "Why do we allow businesses to become "too big to fail?" The solution, surely, is to break up businesses before they reach such a size that they threaten our economy. Imagine it: community-based businesses, run for the benefit of the little people, not faceless, money-grubbing investment banks! Is there really a reason corporations need to be big?"
In character wise we are very much Communist with economic growth as a priority, however this issue has me in a deadlock. Which one sounds more socialist, yet will this reduce my economy or increase it?
), as well as my public sectors (healthcare, education, law enforcement, defense,...). Even taxes decreased !
