What a Government should be .
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Well, let's see. I like the Jefferson version very much. Might need a bit of sprucing up to get it to today's Canadian standards. All we'd have to do is change that word "men" to include women, gays, lesbians, and any other visible minorities with a minimum population of 2 people.
I don't know what we'd do with the thousands of civil servants if we actually whittled the size of government down to that definition, but I'm sure we could come up with something.
I don't know what we'd do with the thousands of civil servants if we actually whittled the size of government down to that definition, but I'm sure we could come up with something.
TJ the man..........We are sooooo far away from that.....I just discovered that to float my home-made kayak in the river behind my camp, I need a "boating card".......yeah RIGHT!Were I to run for office, I would not run on the concept of additional law, but on how much law I could throw out!!!!Start with mandatory automobile insurance....What am I saying??!!! Start with the Firearms Act. Anti-hate laws. oh what fun!Shame I'll never be PM.....
Yer talkin' anarchy there bub! Wittle down government and the laws and you put half the population out of work. I see a lynchin' if you take the PM. I think it is lucky for you you won't be PM although it is exactly what this country needs - a good enema!
Personally, I think good government would be;
a peaceful one
one whose policies benefit all the constituents, not just this or that group
one that protects its constituents from corporate greed, ill-thought laws, criminals, etc.
an open one that accepts responsibility
one that pays attention to the needy, not the rich (who are pretty well able to fend for themselves)
one that highly values environments and ecologies and doesn't let up on companies/individuals who perpetrate infractions against environments
one whose reps first consideration is people, not profit or their pensions
one that upholds and obeys the rules of law
one that not afraid to ask the public for its wishes instead of taking it for granted that it knows what people wish
Just off the top of my head.
a peaceful one
one whose policies benefit all the constituents, not just this or that group
one that protects its constituents from corporate greed, ill-thought laws, criminals, etc.
an open one that accepts responsibility
one that pays attention to the needy, not the rich (who are pretty well able to fend for themselves)
one that highly values environments and ecologies and doesn't let up on companies/individuals who perpetrate infractions against environments
one whose reps first consideration is people, not profit or their pensions
one that upholds and obeys the rules of law
one that not afraid to ask the public for its wishes instead of taking it for granted that it knows what people wish
Just off the top of my head.
Government started off as the monkey with the biggest stick telling all the other monkeys what to do.
Eventually the monkeys realized that if they teamed up, they could beat up the monkey with the stick, and democracy was born.
Nowadays, the monkey with the stick is back, but with a different tactic: dangle a banana off the end of the stick. We monkeys haven't learned that we will never get the banana, or we've learned but don't know what to do about it.
Eventually the monkeys realized that if they teamed up, they could beat up the monkey with the stick, and democracy was born.
Nowadays, the monkey with the stick is back, but with a different tactic: dangle a banana off the end of the stick. We monkeys haven't learned that we will never get the banana, or we've learned but don't know what to do about it.