hi yes my third (i think??) attempt at writing an issue, feel free to give feedback. and yes i like pink floyd references im sorry
Title: Another Broke in the Wall
Description: Just as the school year begins for @DEMONYM@@ children, furious parents have stormed your office frantically waving their empty wallets around, in a protest against excessive extra costs demanded by their children's education.
Validity: Invalid for self rearing children nations
Choice 1: "I had to skip meals!" moans single mother @@RANDOMNAMEFEMALE@@, member of the local group Parents for Tomorrow. "With the constant juggling demands for new textbooks, uniforms, and stationery, it becomes a hassle making ends meet... Please - @@LEADER@@ - you should implement welfare payments for poorer students as soon as possible!".
Fallout: pupils can afford their newest science textbook, Craftmine.
Validity: refer to overall validity
Choice 2: "Hey, hey, hey, slow down over there missie; have you got any idea what that entails?" interjects your Minister of Education, whose face is visibly sweaty from anxiety. "Listen, we're plenty of @@CURRENCY@@ over our budget and drowning in red ink soon; do you expect the money to rain down from the sky?". He stops for a minute and wipes his forehead before continuing: "If we must really fund this, then we've got to redirect money from elsewhere - like those military ruffians!".
Fallout: more money is being spent studying wars than starting them.
Validity: refer to overall validity
Choice 3: "No, that's wrong!" yells a man dressed in a tuxedo, making his way through the crowd. "What about private schools like mine, which have been decreasing in profits because of these socialist policies? Education is a prestigious privilege that was passed down to those who deserve it, and siphoning money off the state is a dishonourable act; rather, only those who we deem as brilliant should receive any sort of assistance - if we feel like it...".
Fallout: curing an obscure disease is a prerequirement for the poorest pupils.
Validity: overall issue validity+invalid for socialist nations
Choice 4: "No, that's wrong!" yells a man dressed in overalls, making his way through the crowd. "What about disinterested, failing students who abuse the system and eat away all of that money from the government? It would be a mockery to the working class who pay dear taxes for the sake of @@NATION@@! Only those deemed as academically gifted should receive any sort of financial assistance, so that the youth can feel incentivised to study and rise through merit - like the socialist cause intended!".
Fallout: acing a mathematics test is seen as a patriotic duty.
validity: refer to overall issue validity+invalid for capitalist nations
Choice 5: Inconveniently, your phone buzzes amidst the chaos and you find yourself in a call with your niece. "Hey, I was looking outside the window and saw all of those people protesting... I was thinking, if you just gave every student in @@NATION@@ free laptops, wouldn't recurrent costs like stationery and physical textbooks vanish? That would be really cool. I think.".
Fallout: teenagers send each other cat pictures during class.
Validity: refer to overall issue validity
