The NationStates Thread!

**vidcc** · 10-05-2004, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by spinningfreemanny

10,000? wow; I googled "average healthcare costs for family coverage and came up with the average of a little over 2,000 a year in a study by the Keiser Foundation (2,084 to be exact.)

that would be if you have insurance via an employer.... they pay most

**spinningfreemanny** · 10-05-2004, 11:56 PM

Or the comanies that cater to small businesses if you should own one...

So who's left? unemployed; but ahh; There are none...

**BigBank_Hank** · 10-07-2004, 12:12 AM

I got a real interesting one today. Not to sure which way I'm going on this one.

Politicians from a distant and obscure part of BigBank_Hank have been calling for the government to split BigBank_Hank into various semi-autonomous regions, each with an elected council to govern their designated area.

1. "The government is too centralised," complains rural villager, Akira Utopia. "We get these big-city politicians making rulings that effect our way of life, when they have absolutely no idea what our way of life is! One of them even suggested that farmers should be banned from picking crops in case they disturbed the local wildlife! What we need are various councils to govern their own part of BigBank_Hank, giving us the chance to have our say on laws affecting our area. It'll bring politics to the people! Of course this will require the implementation of a council tax to fund it all, but if that's the cost of more political freedom, then so be it!"

2. "Councils? Are you mad?" gasps political commentator, Randy Thiesen. "Most of the politicians we already have earn very large sums each year - and you want to employ even more?! We must not listen to the whims of some dangerous separatist movement, next they'll be wanting independence! I suggest we keep the government in one place where we can keep an eye on it and stop creating more jobs for over-paid politicians. Heck, why not trim off the ones we don't need while we're at it and give some leeway to the tax payers? Anyway, if we allowed places like West BigBank_Hank to make decisions for themselves, they would soon be introducing laws allowing them to marry their cousins or something - you know what they're like..."

3. "These people are obviously power-hungry lunatics," whispers Faith Longfellow, one of your innumerable advisors. "They're simply trying to loosen your grip on the nation! Let's just send anyone who opposes your absolute rule to the gallows and ban elections. We hardly need them when you always know what to do! There may be some protest, but we can just lower taxes and they'll be as happy as clams."

**vidcc** · 10-07-2004, 01:30 AM

The Issue

Children as young as eight have been spotted gambling in some of Vidcc's seedier casinos.

The Debate

Social activist Roxanne Dodinas is outraged. "Gambling needs to be outlawed immediately. It's no wonder children are becoming sucked into the vice, with adults setting such a poor example. Gambling is a stain on Vidcc's international reputation and it must be stopped!"
However, Crown Casino chairperson Konrad Shiomi says, "What's wrong with children gambling? It prepares them for the realities of life, teaching them that success or failure is not due to hard work or intelligence, but the roll of the dice. Besides, if kids weren't gambling, they'd be spraypainting trains."

where is the option to police casinos to make sure underage gambling doesn't take place?
A poor thought out issue....dismissed.

**BigBank_Hank** · 10-07-2004, 02:31 AM

I think that I dismissed that issue because they gave no viable solution to the problem.

Vid how did you make such of a large quote box? I tried that earlier and had to do but it would only let me do 1 paragraph.