(checking out your country....)

Heh. Has anyone checked out CurBludgeon's nation?

The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

It's like the Bizarro version of my nation!

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, pro-business individuals devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Social Welfare and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Soda Sales, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Gambling industries.

I also understand that our Soda industry is looking for opportunities to expand into the lemonade market in Cur's country.

Argh! I keep learning the hard way this game overreacts.

I chose to put limitations on cloning and somehow -all genetic researchers- have been expelled from the country. *beats skull against wall*

You think that's bad? I made drugs legal, and now the 15 million inhabitants of my nation are always stoned.....ALWAYS!

They gave me that darn first question again and I accidently picked compulsary voting, so my political freedoms are shot.

WHY'D THEY GIVE ME THE FIRST QUESTION AGAIN? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

It was a reading comprehension test.

Because they don't keep adding new ones.

And what's wrong with Compulsory Voting? I think it might actually help the crime rate, according to the formula the computer uses for such things.

If you're profiting, you're doing something wrong.

See our tax rates, above.

How are people purchasing the lemonade is my question.

Through a complex voucher-based system that may or may not result in the arrival of lemonade, anyway.

But our paperwork is the most complete in the region!

everal major city streets were clogged with bicycles this morning, as the environmental group 'Two Wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad' staged a protest. Several hundred riders ambled through downtown streets, blissfully ignoring the torrent of abuse hurled at them by thousands of motorists running late for work.
The Debate

1. "People are sick of dirty, smelly automobiles," said protest organizer Bianca Hanover. "They're choking the city, the environment--our lives! Cars must be banned!"
[Accept]

2. "The only thing people are sick of is long-haired idiots riding their bicycles at two miles an hour on major thoroughfares," says committed motorist Tobias Johnson. "People shouldn't be able to protest like this. The government needs to crack down on them."
[Accept]

3. The Automotive Manufacturers Association, meanwhile, has called for government support. "It's clear that we need to boost the level of automobile support in this country. This protest this morning is a clear indication of... um... anyway, we need more government funds."
[Accept]

As a participant in more than my share of Critical Mass rides, I can certainly tell you which direction Django-Reinhardt will be pedaling on that issue...