On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 01:29:31PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 17:56 GMT, Paul Johnson penned: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 07:13:33PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > >> Put all politicians on a wage of $500.00/week, and make it a capital > >> offense to take a political bribe, and you would get the ones that > >> want to do the job for the right reasons. > > > > Would also encourage just random people to get a job as a politician > > because it would be a reasonable income. > > > > Friends of mine postulated the idea of having "politician duty" in much > the same was as we have jury duty ... you get a letter one day telling > you it's your turn to serve. Pretty sure this was done in at least one > ancient govt ... think it was Athens. > > "Random people" have a much better chance of aligning with my interests > than politicians. The fact is, anyone who's willing to put themselves > and their family through the torture that is a politician's life by > definition does not share my values.
I hear that British COlumbia is planning to use a random scheme to select members of the commission that is going to propose a mechanism for proportional representation or other more equitable election system. The result to be ratified in a referendum. -- hendrik > > -- > monique > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
