Concept
So, here's my idea for this summer as was briefly mentioned a few days ago. I'd like to organize a write-in. We'll have a location set up in the city where people can show up during the day for the express purpose of writing a letter or two or twenty to the members of Parliament, the Prime Minister, and the Governor General. The subject of all these letters will be a petition to have the salary of government officials lowered to the range of 20-30k/year. The goal is that by the end of the day every MP will have received at least one letter, if not several. The reason for this has some obvious ties to money flow, but more importantly to the motivation to political office. Too many people go into politics as a career, seeing it as a mer alternative to working in the private sector as a lawyer or consultant or business professional. This is not acceptable if we are to call ourselves any kind of democracy. Politics is not a job, its a stewardship.
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Thats a great Idea. Personally I feel that members of parliment shouldn't be given salries at all. Instead they should be given a budget and a allowance.
The allowance should be minimal, for personal use, and the budget should be for clothing, housing etc.
Cool idea though!
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