Government by Rich and Poor
Lee on Nov 06 2008 at 11:16 am | Filed under: Uncategorized
Sadly, Myrna Bushell, Bideford (UK) town councillor and stripper/phone sex business owner, is resigning her office due to a lack of respect from colleagues.
But in parting she also cited the time constraints necessary for local councilpeople, concluding that you either had to be wealthy or unemployed to have time and interest in the work. I consider that to be a profound political insight applicable to more than one level of government the world over.
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Lee has actually managed to hit the nail on the head here for which I thank you.
Disappointingly I had to stand down from the town council mainly due to financial constraints. We are living in an economic downturn and I had to make the agonising decision to put my daughter first and keep a roof over our heads.
Only the elite, wealthy, retired or unemployed can be a town councillor OR if you have someone else paying your bills. So it does beg the question… Are we really living in a democratic society?
I couldn’t be in more agreement Myrna. We in the middle-class do tend to be governed by those who can’t get a job, or those who never had to. And you’re right, it’s a rather unrepresentative state of affairs really.
But disappointed as I am to hear of your resignation, I commend your reasons for doing so all the same. Looks to me like you’ve taken the reward of wisdom from the experience.