tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822259594352375763.post8967623847265215832..comments2024-01-09T23:21:40.634+13:00Comments on Thoughts from 40° South: A New Form of Proportional RepresentationKiwiwithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10507667837257013301noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822259594352375763.post-56541002738550431482011-05-08T17:28:47.256+12:002011-05-08T17:28:47.256+12:00To Kiwiwit: I've got Asperger's syndrome -...To Kiwiwit: I've got Asperger's syndrome - try investigating online the levels of discrimination, hatred and ignorance we face...oh, and by the way we have an unemployment rate of 95%.<br /><br />Personally there is nothing more I would like to do than work, yes even be FORCED to work by the government. I pretty much suggest this every time I sign on at the jobcentre...but nothing ever happens.<br /><br />Oh, and just in case you're interested I did full-time voluntary work for twelve years and two periods of six months of workfare. Maybe you shouldn't be entitled to vote until you've done the same.Lee Firthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840041938444250850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822259594352375763.post-4293011986683264242011-05-08T09:21:41.640+12:002011-05-08T09:21:41.640+12:00A Lee Firth, clearly you do not have a disabled br...A Lee Firth, clearly you do not have a disabled brain and you can operate a computer, so I can see no reason why you couldn't work, if suitable work was available. If you choose not to work (or even you genuinely can't work), why should you have the right to vote in a government that extorts money from me to give to you?Kiwiwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507667837257013301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822259594352375763.post-8991229462031162022011-05-07T21:29:55.221+12:002011-05-07T21:29:55.221+12:00'I would like to see a revision to our elector...'I would like to see a revision to our electoral system, call it a new form of proportional representation if you like, where you get to vote in proportion to the taxes you pay.'<br /><br />I'm disabled and can't work...or pay taxes. Does that mean that I don't have a vote? If I don't have a vote, do I therefore not have to abide by the laws of the land?Lee Firthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840041938444250850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822259594352375763.post-55257877322530136882011-05-03T21:15:55.072+12:002011-05-03T21:15:55.072+12:00Good idea, I'll add that to the manifesto!Good idea, I'll add that to the manifesto!Kiwiwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507667837257013301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822259594352375763.post-33076243295691047582011-05-03T08:33:17.915+12:002011-05-03T08:33:17.915+12:00Agreed!
I would like to make one slight ammendmen...Agreed!<br /><br />I would like to make one slight ammendment:<br /><br />Votes are given in proportion to the Nett Contribution to the public purse. Thus, if you pull a salary from the government, your taxes do not grant you votes.<br /><br />It puts the "servant" next to "civil" again.dolveinqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613581044445522243noreply@blogger.com