You chose to have all industry own and run by the government.

The Issue
Members of a new weird religious cult, called the Order of Violet, ask for the government to appease their mighty god by offering Her a sacrifice of the human variety.

The Debate
"What have we got to lose?" says religious freedoms advocate Thomas Love. "Just cut up a few homeless folk - it appeases this group's bloodthirsty Goddess, gets rid of unsightly bums that drain welfare, and everybody goes home happy."
[Accept]

"We must go much further than a few beggars!" argues the overzealous High Member of the Order of Violet, May Wall. "You must pass a law that everyone’s first born child must be slaughtered, on live TV if possible. Think of the viewing figures!"
[Accept]

"You aren't going to listen to these whackjob Violetists, are you?" comments Beth Steele while leading a prayer group. "Human sacrifices! Surely we're too civilized to permit such barbaric practices! These lunatic fringe groups should be outlawed, their leaders should be executed!"
[Accept]

"Who's being a lunatic?" retorts Fleur Falopian of the A Utopian Way of Life Humanitarian Society. "I agree that these practices ought to be outlawed, but instead of sinking to the same level of these fanatics and killing our fellow people, why not simply start a re-education program? Even the worst person can be rehabilitated into a useful member of society, with enough time, care, and lots and lots of funding!"
[Accept]
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This is just too absurd to even contemplate. I dismissed it.

Hospitals have requested that they be allowed to pay people for donating blood and other bodily organs, such as kidneys.

The Debate
"We remain critically short of blood plasma and various organs," says Bartonella One hospital administrator Samuel du Pont. "Especially hearts. A good heart is hard to find. But if we were allowed to pay for donations, we'd get more of them and could save more lives. Plus the donor takes home a few hundred Bearclaws in compensation. Unless it's a post-mortem donation, of course. In that case we'd pay the family."



"Great idea," says social commentator Steffan Clinton. "Except for one thing. You know who's going to be selling their organs? Poor people! They'll be so desperate for money that they'll sell their own kidneys. Well, a kidney. This is just another way for the rich to buy themselves a better life at the expense of the poor. It must be outlawed."

We of the Nomadic People of Bartonella believe in commerce. Organ shops for all!

Just had that one. College kids are going to sell there organs for tuition.

Gotta agree with that.

I'm a little surprised that one somehow passed muster. It's a terrible issue.

Don't we have an Aztec-themed nation floating around here somewhere? And I'm sure Depression-ville will get on board with it...

Yeah I think we do actually.

My political freedoms are going down as my government stabilizes. Not sure how I feel about that.

My last issue was:

After several reports of pet dragons violently attacking, injuring, and even killing citizens, there has been growing pressure from public safety activists for the government to take action.

The Debate
"These creatures are a danger to the public and must be destroyed!" says George W. Utopia, representative of the Public Institution for Social Safety, Equality, and Direction. "I was attacked by one just on the way here and I nearly lost my life! They're a public menace. We must shoot and burn them!"
[Accept]


"Why punish the poor things?" asks animal-lover Naki Barry, covered in scars from previous encounters with dragons. "All they need is good hands to care and rehabilitate them. We need a government education programme to tame them and turn them into loveable pets. The one I'm holding right now shows that it can be done. They are all good, kind creatures deep d- argh!"
[Accept]


"I agree that we shouldn't kill them," says Elizabeth Frederickson, a famous lawyer. "But I don't think the owner should get away with breaking the law! This is clearly a case of 'intent to greviously harm' if I ever saw it. All citizens should be held accountable of their pet's actions as if they had done the act themselves. It's the only way to be fair - after all, they're just dumb animals."

This is the position your government is preparing to adopt.


"Who cares!?" screams Klaus Wu as he sends out his pirate radio station broadcast. "Just repeal any laws preventing us from shooting the things when they attack and we'll be able to save ourselves without this stupid, authoritarian, overbearing government and legal system wasting our tax money!"
[Accept]

Who knew that pet dragons could be so vicious??? LOL

I chose 3 because it was the least outrageous of them all.

Judging from how most other issues go, I think you'll end up with a wild population of dragons on your hands

I would choose 2, just because the person defending them got attacked in the middle of the question.

My people best start praying that they don't bring up this issue...

Completely forgot about this. No neglecting your nations people!!!
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A group several thousands strong hailing from a remote, isolated corner of Scordrag is staging a massive demonstration on the front steps of your capitol. They demand that their local dialect be recognized as an official language.
The Debate

1. Pete Hendrikson, your Minister of Culture, has nothing but disdain for the demonstrators. "The language of Scordrag is as important to our national identity as our history is. A truly erudite individual uses perfect grammar and refuses to speak as those ruffians do." Your Finance Minister is quick to chime in as well, "If business is required to print every road sign, instruction manual, and fast-food wrapper in two languages, it would increase everybody's overhead. That means higher prices for the person in the street."
[Accept]

2. "Smarker, but ee's gone blongie 'round the clonger! Trandy in the blang warked a newtie on the Cheebers, quaff me a duggle if it's brine. Sorky, hang our trandy high!" says Anne-Marie Dodinas, speaking for the demonstrators, in an apparently rousing response that draws a cascade of cheers. After a few uncomfortable minutes with a professional translator, you find the speaker said, "I respectfully disagree with the Minister. Multilingualism has brought stability to richly-cultured nations such as Brancaland; indeed, I challenge you to provide a single counterexample. I encourage this government to adopt a policy of multilingualism throughout Scordrag!"
[Accept]

3. Randy Silk, a radical opposition member who seems to tag along to every demonstration she can find, has her own proposal. "The language barrier is keeping us all apart. What Scordrag needs is a new identity defined by a new language that we can all agree on. That's unity without favoritism."
[Accept]

A group of local motorists have assembled outside of City Hall to protest against the shoddy state of roads in Scordrag.
The Debate

1. "These roads are terrible!" shouts Fleur Fellow, president of the Scordrag Auto Club. "Every few feet there's a crack, or a pothole, or a gravel patch, or the remains of someone else's car! It's really too much! And just look at this-" he adds, rubbing a nasty bruise on his forehead - "I got that from my rear-view mirror after flying over a bump on Main Street! These roads must be fixed! There really needs to be vast improvements made now, before anyone gets seriously hurt."
[Accept]

2. Roger Thiesen, avowed anti-spending advocate, disagrees: "Road construction? What a waste of dragoons! If people can still drive on them, then the roads are fine as they are. Spending more to make trivial repairs would just be a waste of the tax payers' money! We should just ignore these whiners and leave the roads as they are and if the drivers don't like that - well... then they can just learn to walk like the rest of us."
[Accept]

3. "Why on Earth is it the government's responsibility to build and maintain roads?" asks bicyclist Lars Thiesen, pausing for breath. "Not all citizens own automobiles, you know. The government should be trying to make life better for all, not just car owners! If people want roads, then let private industry build them, and they can charge tolls to the people who actually drive on them. Leave the government out of it!"
[Accept]

Wow...

....Liberal Democratic Socialists.

I've somehow elected Hillary to power.