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When governments outsource governance :-
Governments acting in our best interest awarding contracts to companies that then control every little thing that the governed do ? At what point in time does such non governance become a nonsense when enforcement is in the hands /2
Governments acting in our best interest awarding contracts to companies that then control every little thing that the governed do ? At what point in time does such non governance become a nonsense when enforcement is in the hands /2
.. of 'contractors ' who answer to shareholders and not the electorate ?
When every essential service is sold to meet 'debts' that we are told must be met ?
When essential services remain essential but profit only shareholders who are not accountable and in law hidden 3/
When every essential service is sold to meet 'debts' that we are told must be met ?
When essential services remain essential but profit only shareholders who are not accountable and in law hidden 3/
by structures that ensure that there is no transparency ?
Should we aim to become shareholders in our own countries , where every new born is given a number of voting shares that cannot be tampered with ?
When every little act , every use of a utility 4/
Should we aim to become shareholders in our own countries , where every new born is given a number of voting shares that cannot be tampered with ?
When every little act , every use of a utility 4/
..requires the relationship of customer to a business , those business entities not operating on a free market but carefully cossetted by legislation and regulation that makes ' consumer conflict ' almost untenable and difficult to maintain in a system where all exchanges /5
..between entities and human beings are measured in ' banking terms ' and citizens measured in terms of accountancy ?
If our system has already failed and our day to day governance is in the hands of 'commercial ' interests that can not practicably held to account , when /6
If our system has already failed and our day to day governance is in the hands of 'commercial ' interests that can not practicably held to account , when /6
. when we have no judicial programs that punish companies for breaching their contractual duties .
We are offered 'ombudsmen' ( offices that report to parliament and often mediate between parties without any powers of enforcement ) instead of legislation that penalize /7
We are offered 'ombudsmen' ( offices that report to parliament and often mediate between parties without any powers of enforcement ) instead of legislation that penalize /7
companies and entities that serve none bar their shareholders ?
When governments outsource 'governance ' , is the the very process of democracy undermined and our votes prostituted ? What purpose now for governments in the 21st Century ?
When governments outsource 'governance ' , is the the very process of democracy undermined and our votes prostituted ? What purpose now for governments in the 21st Century ?
