Name: A Depressed Economy
Validity: Must have market economy and significant wealth gaps
Description: There has recently been a major uptick in suicides among individuals all across @@NATION@@, many of whom are citing almost constant economic stress as a reason. After some closer examination, it has been discovered that almost all of them have been working at some subisidiary of Kochendorfer Industries, LLC, a massive corporation that owns everything from oil companies to fast food restaurants. Suspicion has arisen that some of their highly-ranked officials are withholding their employees' paychecks for themselves.
Option 1: "I can't do this anymore," cries Kochenex Cleaning Supplies employee @@RANDOMNAME@@ in a viral video. "This economic system is so so flawed. I'm only getting half of the @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ that I should be getting- which is barely anything in the first place- and since then I've been evicted three times, my car has been repossessed, and I've gotten excruciating tooth pain that I don't have the money to fix! Meanwhile, my boss has told me that he managed to buy a summer home and new smartphones for himself and all of his kids just this week! Meanwhile, the government is sitting around and doing nothing! Leader, you need to look into these thieving, greedy corporations and make sure that their lowliest workers get paid what they deserve!"
Effect: CEOs are framed for murder on WhoTube by random people
Option 2: "You know, this raises a really valid point," says overzealous college student @@RANDOMNAME@@ in a follow-up video. "What they just described is the inevitable danger of capitalism: rich people use their ever-growing power to exploit the poor. If our economy keeps up like this, thousands more will see what they worked so hard for whisked away, and this time it might not even go public! We must socialize our economy to prevent future disasters like this from happening."
Effect: the decisions of the rich really do affect the entire population
Option 3: "WHAT?" squawks James P. Kochendorfer, the CEO of Kochendorfer Industries, LLC. as he spits out a sip of his martini. "If government gets their filthy hands of the way of good honest business then the free market is doomed! DOOMED! Government has NO right to investigate into private business, and my employers have NO right to spread radical left-wing conspiracies about me just to demand more money! If they don't like their paycheck, they can go and find another job! But no, big government just has to butt in and make everything harder. Bad goverment! BAD! BAD! BA-" This is when your bodyguard discreetly ushers him out of the room.
Effect: jobholders sometimes work unpaid internships without even knowing