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Politicians
People
cannot stand politicians
It is no that people cannot stand politicians in most countries surprise as the political process
in most democracies is subject only to the slightest of democratic control. All
a citizen can do every few years is tick a box and support one of a handful of
established - and discredited - political parties that are fronted by a narrow
clique of professional politicians.
Politicians are the new
Establishment
Politicians have replaced the old governing classes during the past 100
years and direct democracy is a necessary counterweight to the New Class that
rules without being subject to proper oversight given that there is hardly any
separation between Legislative, Executive and Judicial Powers.
Visionaries can be bad for you
The politicians should not be allowed too much freedom. They are not elected to
'impose' their vision on their subjects like some monarch or dictator.
They are elected to look after the administration of the laws and regulations
set by the legislative assemblies and ultimately sanctioned by the consent of
the people (who will always have the last say due to the right of to start a
referendum).
Separation of powers means that the legislature is solely in charge of
introducing laws and the government is primarily focused on keeping house and
making sure that the machinery of government functions smoothly on a day-by-day
basis.
The unhealthy practice that of so-called parliamentary democracies, where
legislative and executive power are linked together, makes it all too easy for
parties and governments to combine against the interests of the citizens.
Direct democracy would involve citizens directly in the introduction of laws and
severely hamper the ambitions of individual politicians.
Some try to explain the dominance of families in the political process of
various countries (Kennedy, Bush, Clinton in the USA, Ghandi in India etc) with
the fact that the average voter does not have the ability to judge persons on
the basis of objective facts alone.
We think that this is more
likely to be the consequence of an electoral process that puts to much emphasis
on the selection of one leading politician and therefore puts the discussion
specific policies into the background when election day comes. Votes are swayed
by promises that often are broken anyway when the election has been decided.
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By giving the
reader examples of recent policy decisions we highlight the dramatic
impact the introduction of Direct Democracy would have on the
political life of all countries.
All the following decisions where taken without the participation of
the affected citizens. Some - if not most - were highly
controversial and have a negative effect for at least some major
parts of the country's population.
The present system of government lnot
only leaves the citizens powerless in the face of a never-ending
tide of legislation, it also inevitably leads to
inefficient use of taxpayer's money and a steady erosion of civil
liberties.
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GENERAL
Should former politicians be allowed to cash in from books and lecture
tours?
Unequal regional distribution of tax burden
Forum demands that climate tax be redistributed on global basis
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND POPULATION
Cap-and-Trade of Carbon Permits and ideal vehicle for fraud
Green Energy plan may cost 17 times more than its benefits
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EUROPE
EU wants to
attract more refugees
EU Parliament
costs Euro 1.5 Billion annually
Monster Trucks up to
60 tons may be allowed
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UNITED KINGDOM
Parents may lose right to boycott school sex lessons
Britain to support $ 500 Mio donation to
Taleban
Committee calls for additional tax on air travel
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GERMANY
Solar Subsidy reaches
20 billion Euro
New tax on USB memory
sticks
Free Gas, Power for Unemployed, Hartz recipients
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AUSTRIA
VAT thresholds manipulated
Teenagers over 16 allowed to vote
Parties change Members of Parliament at will
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