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From:
Ann Furtado
Date:
2008 Jan 04 11:01 UTC
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Thanks Andrew and Stephanie, totally agree with your points. Most of us are
frantically busy with work and family and do what we can to address what is
happening around us. The idea that most people are happy with what politicians
do for us is laughable. The majority of people did not vote in the current US
government, is that democracy? Every MP knows that you must multiply by 10 for
each letter you receive from a constituent to allow for all those people who
never got around to writing but feel the same, what does that do to the figures
of those who marched against the Iraq war? Look at the polls on YouGov, they
consistently show that people have no confidence in politicians and disagree
with government policy.
Stephanie's point about this forum acting as a potential warning point about
future developments is a good one, I can't think of any other apart from the
letters page of the Oxford Times which occasionally turns up trumps. For
example, the vexed question of whether or not it is a good idea to have an
incinerator on the outskirts of Oxford. Now there's a good subject for
discussion!
p.s. re doubling taxes to pay for things, that hoary old chestnut people always
drag out in the hopes of frightening off those who protest about things, well,
yes, I think we should all pay more all round for the benefit of all. And if
successive governments from the days of Thatcher had not cut public spending to
the bone, we might have a country and infrastructure of which we could be
proud, instead of the cheapskate, limp along, dog-eat-dog society which we have
now.
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