I *LOVE* the social commentary!
The sound design was great as was the color shifting mechanism.
On my first play-through I didn't realize I could just hold down the button, so I made a massive amount of money rapidly hitting the button so the bar hovered just above the red line. (LOL!)
Really wonderful job!
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Yes, strategy games are generally some of the hardest to implement in a limited time frame specifically because they require a lot of time to balance. (The hardest to implement are those from traditionally asset-heavy genres like RPGs and RTS games.)
You said this was your first video game? This was an exceptionally good release for a first game jam release! Your dev page says you are looking to do this as a hobby, but you have real potential to take this further than that.