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UNEMPLOYMENT CAUSES UNHAPPINESS

by Hazed

The riots on Rigel 4 during the week which were caused by the unemployed workthings' unhappiness at having no jobs has encouraged the job-less throughout the Galaxy to express their dissatisfaction in a very vocal fashion. As of yesterday, resource planets are subject to an increase in dissatisfaction levels if unemployment gets too high. Already, Boondock and Rome have suffered unrest, and who knows which planets will get hit next?

Once the unemployment rate reaches 50%, then 5% will be added to the planet's disaffection. At 60% unemployment, the extra dissatisfaction will be 10%. Then it'll jump to 15% should unemployment go up to 70%, and so on, up to a 30% increase should there be no work at all on your planet.

Of course, 30% dissatisfaction doesn't guarantee there will be riots, but if the laws of probability do what they are supposed to do, your planet could be one or two riots a week.

So my newsdroid Dot Matrix was right when she predicted the spread of the unrest, and she won't have to eat her space helmet after all. I have trained her well!

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