Comments on: Government by Rich and Poor http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/government-by-rich-and-poor/ Questions through the veil of ignorance Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lee http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/government-by-rich-and-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-225679 Lee Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:32:53 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=6117#comment-225679 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. 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.

]]> By: Myrna Bushell http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/06/government-by-rich-and-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-225677 Myrna Bushell Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:20:24 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=6117#comment-225677 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? 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?

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