"Damn right we're not!" exclaims Fleur Jefferson, one of many citizens protesting in front of your office. "Your oppressively high taxes are picking our pockets and robbing us of our livelihood. No more, we say! The government may call us tax cheats, but that's just because it's afraid to call us the PATRIOTS that we are! Cut the tax rate, and we'll think about paying again."

What the hell, 3%? Too much? Go to NoProp and then tell me how you feel.

"I think that sounds kinda... socialist," says Alexei Jones with a disgusted grimace. "The government should keep out of this if you ask me. The only reason fires happen is because people are stupid and they know a fire engine will come racing down the street to save them. Take away that safety blanket and I think you'll find they wise up quite quickly! We don't need any tax-consuming fire service! If idiots and their families go up in flames they'll have no one to blame but themselves."

Zycoraxia is ranked 1st in Mooseville and 26,378th in the world for Most Authoritarian.

Scientists at a private medical research laboratory have announced that they have produced a drug which will combat Peekia's most notorious malady - Spon Plague.
The Debate

1. "This pill is the only known and unknown cure for the Spon Plague!" proclaims Professor Elizabeth Longfellow, the inventor of the cure. "But if we are to go ahead with the production of this drug, we must get some government support. We're set to make a fortune from this drug - the money we earn will help us develop even more cures for other as-yet untreatable diseases. Some people won't be able to afford it of course, but hard cheese on them: they should have got a paying job while they were still capable."


2. "That's a disgraceful way to think!" says equal rights activist, Calvin Summers. "So the people who need the most help shouldn't get any? I propose that the government subsidises the production of all drugs so everyone can benefit from them, rich or not! That way the money-hungry corporations won't profit from the suffering of the masses. Of course there will be the matter of a small tax rise to fund it - but what's that when lives will be saved?"


3. "I can't believe what I'm hearing," deplores well-respected religious leader, Roxanne Spirit. "If God didn't want people to have this disease he wouldn't have created it in the first place. This is completely against the will of God and if the government allows this drug to go on sale we will all be doomed to an afterlife in a dark and fiery place! Now let's end this madness and abolish the production of pharmaceuticals and drugs altogether!"

"This event proves one thing: there are other life-forms out there," says eccentric astronomer Johann Summers, "All we have to do is find them! What is the price of a few hundred Radio Telescopes compared to the benefit of living in peace and harmony with our brethren of the stars?"

13 hours ago: Following new legislation in Voytopia, space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down.
13 hours ago: Following new legislation in Voytopia, the military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds.

75 minutes ago: SunsSon was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "New York Times Democracy".

1 day 6 hours ago: Following new legislation in Rajovic, nobody ever seems to enter or leave the armour-plated flying castle that serves as Rajovic's House of Parliament.

Following new legislation in Voytopia, cheese has become the new icon of political dissent.

52 minutes ago: Following new legislation in SunsSon, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes.

I gotta restrict some civil and political rights unless I want total anarchy to break out

Political Freedoms:
Excessive

1 day 14 hours ago: Following new legislation in NoProp, the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy.
1 day 14 hours ago: Following new legislation in NoProp, Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes.