[THIRD POST]
Lord Green
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Lord Green was the first to speak after Lord Jarvis: "I agree with Lord Pentaphraxis in this regard, I would advise all of you to focus more heavily on the survival of our glorious Dahken."

He paused for a brief moment while fumbling for his data-pad, and after finally pulling it out of his suit jacket he continued:

"As you will soon see, if you had not already known, the greatest problem that faces our city is the hunger of our people, and the lack of work."

He pushed a few buttons on his datapad and it was linked to the hologram system of the council chamber, and several graphs appeared with titles such as: Percent of Dahken's population that has gone without consuming a proper meal or Dahken's unemployment rate. After a brief coughing fit, the old man continued: "As you all can see, the greatest problems our city faces are hunger and unemployment. While some of you might believe that these problems can be brushed aside, I would advise you to think differently. Out of desperation crime is born, and our city may face greater civil unrest should we not solve these problems. We have a paltry military as it is, and it would cost more to keep the increased unrest in check. We must feed our people [b]now[/b] before this situation spirals out of control. And, that doesn't take into account the opportunistic Prospero who is already sowing the seeds of discord with our citizenry."

He pauses for a short time, looking about the room, then continues:

"Now, I believe I have a solution to this problem. Should we legislate that all factory owners decrease the hours of the workers of our factories from 10 to 12 hours a day, to 8 hours a day, as I have done, then more workers will be required to do the same amount of labor. Since this is the case, many of our unemployed would cease to be such, and have the means to provide themselves with food. Now, I know that some of you are loathe to decrease the productivity of your factories, and thus I would argue that the increased wealth amongst the common man would lead to them purchasing more goods produced by Dahken's industry, and this in turn increases the demand for labor in Dahken. Within this cycle of wealth, all would prosper. Eventually, our production of assets would exceed our current amount. Perhaps in a year or so, perhaps more, but eventually this plan will bring us all prosperity. What say all of you to this plan?"