A little democracy is democracy in Germany
in this country living only 20 voters, still 10 children and young people under 16 and 2 above, as well as an inmate of the prison and a psychologically supervised, but not generally dangerous madman. 20 people in regular meetings to decide on the allocation of resources, joint construction projects, education training, and medical care for the citizens. We choose a chancellor, who represents the country to the outside, collecting the taxes and take care of the administration. A mathematically sophisticated system burdened earners with comparable higher tax burden than low earners. At private companies, such as building a house available, then each other in their efforts. Some families are more affluent and the press in status symbols, such as a large house, expensive holidays and a big car. Others are not so good, but they have a roof over their heads, a healthy diet and first-class education and medical care. All leave school with a conclusion and at least learn a trade. Everyone has the opportunity to enroll at a university. 2 companies to work longer than 10 hours per day, the workers and employees but only about 6 hours. There is no unemployment. The entrepreneurs have higher incomes.
Suppose one of those companies will now try to evade taxes and money just so foreign to invest in a foundation. What would happen? What if one would try the public, the other to rip with surprise internet increases? What if a lawyer would admonish a citizen with regard to an incomplete imprint on the Internet? What if the Chancellor decides to have a nuclear transport or drive through the country to send soldiers to Afghanistan? Hi, this country has only 34 inhabitants. Everyone knows everyone by name and know about know about the personal relationships. Well, what would happen?
is the resolution: The Common Sense prevails. Common Sense! Price increases, ripoff, warning letters, nuclear transport, foreign missions, all would be unenforceable. On the contrary, the protagonists have to adjust to tough sanctions.
So what is the difference this little democracy to Germany? Can we afford that 8% of students go without a diploma from the school? Do we want a lawyer state, where justice is defined by paragraphs, which allow rip off the internet and warning wave? Do we want a country secure in the wealthy, a broad range of medical care while other life-saving drugs are denied? What is a democracy where 50% of business leaders, recruited from the 0.5% of the richest segment of the population, make it virtually no women or immigrants in important positions in the 50% of the people's representatives lawyers, political scientists, teachers, economists and civil servants are? If this is the will of the electorate? Or maybe even an expression of the impotence of the voters?
Let us return to our small country. Again, there are rich and less well-off. But no one has to have existence or future fears. In the small number of citizens with a high degree of transparency prevails. Operations can not be taken anonymously, everything always comes to light. One might add the word clarity. The information flow is tangible and possibly not legal language by lawyers, so that everyone can gain an insight into current operations. And everyone can participate and reach a verdict in the next town hall meeting with the orders for the executive, that the chancellor. Why should this not be possible in Germany be?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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Germany is one of the most populous country on earth, stands with his 14th in more than 82 million square Of these, approximately 62 million are eligible to vote. Most recently, 27 parties have submitted to the Bundestag election, of which only 7 were able to choose more than 2% of the electorate votes. 3 parties claim for themselves the concept of People's Party claim, think, then, that nearly everyone can choose for any reason. These are the CDU, CSU and SPD. The other parties are called clientele parties because they appeal to a certain constituency. The FDP, the wealthy and "the economy", the Greens and environmentalists and disarmament, the Left the workers, the poor and Linksintelektuellen and the pirates and the Internet community. Only the parties that the nationwide company in the second vote count, the 5% hurdle and bring it in at least three constituencies on a direct mandate to come to the Bundestag, where they form a so-called Group. A single non-party member can also be directly elected in the Bundestag and that on the first vote. This will then be attached.
In general, the Bundestag has 612 members, by so-called overhang mandates, it may well be even over 620. On this detail but I would not go in that context. About half of the deputies will be directly over a sent the 299 constituencies in the Bundestag, the other ones on the Land lists of parties. A good place on the national list is usually reserved for party grandees who have made over many years deserves. New people usually come on the back seat.
Almost a quarter of politicians are lawyers, 13.5% are teachers, and nearly 5% each economists, political scientists or officials. More than half the members come from just 5 fields of work. Just under a third of MPs are women, and when it comes to the age of the people's representatives, then this is about 50 years, about 8% above the German average age of 42. Just over 2% of MPs are under the age of 30 years.
The elections to the Bundestag are held every 4 years. The parties present their election platforms, the respective tours advertising, beer tents and speak in public places (Merkel is ...). The electorate can I watch the programs are usually not spread his sympathies and goes to the polls. Once there he must forgive his first vote (direct candidate) and his second vote (country list). Most of the electorate has been busy at that time little more than an hour with the person of the candidate. Several magazines offer choice aids, such as at the ballot-o-Mat, which are usually drawn to play rate.
In any case, be made now 2 crosses the political will of checkmarks to 4 years at the mercy bind. Best of all: the choice program, or campaign promises not to be met. Although voters may have decided on the basis of the platform or the election promises for a candidate and a party, the MPs behind quite free in their decision-making. In addition, it has been customary in Germany to vote in closed groups. This means that all FDP members choose streamlined usually the same, just as the CDU, CSU, SPD, Greens and Left representatives. In a coalition can thus designated minority concerns suddenly get a majority vote. Although truly exceptional, happen unprecedented things, we are the mercy of the creative will and discernment are elected.
And so it happens that: If a bank within a few weeks saved over 100 billion € from bankruptcy, soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan in terms extend for nuclear power plants, hotels in Germany just 12% of the VAT to be paid and a partner country from the Euro zone 8 billion euros in development aid are promised. In Germany, by Internet, telephone marketing, restrictive contracts in fitness centers, banks, insurance companies, Payback cards, gas stations, telecom providers can systematically using the law to rip off run.
The list of decisions which most likely by a majority of Germans would be rejected outright, would fill many pages.
We're powerless on the sidelines and have to be content that the makers are democratically and we finally could have chosen differently.
And by now we wonder: Is there another way? What is our democracy worth? Who really makes the policy when there are so many dubious decisions? Why is it always tells me that I could still occur for participating in a party. Why do I need to connect one of these clubs, along with other citizens of my democratic INTERESTS? Why there is no direct democracy, where can I get to the actual problem?
Germany is one of the most populous country on earth, stands with his 14th in more than 82 million square Of these, approximately 62 million are eligible to vote. Most recently, 27 parties have submitted to the Bundestag election, of which only 7 were able to choose more than 2% of the electorate votes. 3 parties claim for themselves the concept of People's Party claim, think, then, that nearly everyone can choose for any reason. These are the CDU, CSU and SPD. The other parties are called clientele parties because they appeal to a certain constituency. The FDP, the wealthy and "the economy", the Greens and environmentalists and disarmament, the Left the workers, the poor and Linksintelektuellen and the pirates and the Internet community. Only the parties that the nationwide company in the second vote count, the 5% hurdle and bring it in at least three constituencies on a direct mandate to come to the Bundestag, where they form a so-called Group. A single non-party member can also be directly elected in the Bundestag and that on the first vote. This will then be attached.
In general, the Bundestag has 612 members, by so-called overhang mandates, it may well be even over 620. On this detail but I would not go in that context. About half of the deputies will be directly over a sent the 299 constituencies in the Bundestag, the other ones on the Land lists of parties. A good place on the national list is usually reserved for party grandees who have made over many years deserves. New people usually come on the back seat.
Almost a quarter of politicians are lawyers, 13.5% are teachers, and nearly 5% each economists, political scientists or officials. More than half the members come from just 5 fields of work. Just under a third of MPs are women, and when it comes to the age of the people's representatives, then this is about 50 years, about 8% above the German average age of 42. Just over 2% of MPs are under the age of 30 years.
The elections to the Bundestag are held every 4 years. The parties present their election platforms, the respective tours advertising, beer tents and speak in public places (Merkel is ...). The electorate can I watch the programs are usually not spread his sympathies and goes to the polls. Once there he must forgive his first vote (direct candidate) and his second vote (country list). Most of the electorate has been busy at that time little more than an hour with the person of the candidate. Several magazines offer choice aids, such as at the ballot-o-Mat, which are usually drawn to play rate.
In any case, be made now 2 crosses the political will of checkmarks to 4 years at the mercy bind. Best of all: the choice program, or campaign promises not to be met. Although voters may have decided on the basis of the platform or the election promises for a candidate and a party, the MPs behind quite free in their decision-making. In addition, it has been customary in Germany to vote in closed groups. This means that all FDP members choose streamlined usually the same, just as the CDU, CSU, SPD, Greens and Left representatives. In a coalition can thus designated minority concerns suddenly get a majority vote. Although truly exceptional, happen unprecedented things, we are the mercy of the creative will and discernment are elected.
And so it happens that: If a bank within a few weeks saved over 100 billion € from bankruptcy, soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan in terms extend for nuclear power plants, hotels in Germany just 12% of the VAT to be paid and a partner country from the Euro zone 8 billion euros in development aid are promised. In Germany, by Internet, telephone marketing, restrictive contracts in fitness centers, banks, insurance companies, Payback cards, gas stations, telecom providers can systematically using the law to rip off run.
The list of decisions which most likely by a majority of Germans would be rejected outright, would fill many pages.
We're powerless on the sidelines and have to be content that the makers are democratically and we finally could have chosen differently.
And by now we wonder: Is there another way? What is our democracy worth? Who really makes the policy when there are so many dubious decisions? Why is it always tells me that I could still occur for participating in a party. Why do I need to connect one of these clubs, along with other citizens of my democratic INTERESTS? Why there is no direct democracy, where can I get to the actual problem?
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This is not a democracy
Ask people around you: You live in a democracy? The answer of 9 out of 10 is clear: Yes! And then you go? There is already differentiated. Only 6 out of 10, sometimes much less to be yes! . Reply And when you ask a little further: Does your voice to influence policy? Then turning to the initial ratio to radically because 9 out of 10 are to attest that they tend to feel that the elected politicians do anyway, what they want.
Ask people around you: You live in a democracy? The answer of 9 out of 10 is clear: Yes! And then you go? There is already differentiated. Only 6 out of 10, sometimes much less to be yes! . Reply And when you ask a little further: Does your voice to influence policy? Then turning to the initial ratio to radically because 9 out of 10 are to attest that they tend to feel that the elected politicians do anyway, what they want.
The resulting Phenomenon is then called politics.
This blog makes the determination for the cause of political apathy, and the formulation of feasible ways out for the task. It is about nothing less than achieving real democracy. Yes we can.
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