Thursday, January 30, 2014

Fairness Commissions - a form of direct, truly representative democracy

Fairness Commissions - a form of direct, truly representative democracy

John Courtneidge                        30 January 2014

Elsewhere, the 'great and the good' recommend what people's incomes are.

There are moves to put this back in Community Control.

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Bromley Income Equality Group

www.facebook.com/BromleyIncomeEqualityGroup
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Here in the UK, the idea of a 'Fairness Commission' to recommend on income ratios is being used by some London Boroughs, but too often this includes - or is dominated by -  the 'great and the good'.

My preferred format for a Fairness Commission is to have people selected randomly, at lot, from the electors list - say one per Ward (which will give a true gender, race and income representation), retiring by thirds:
  
      - a form of direct, truly representative democracy. 

Anyone support that?

Hope so!

For all, equally, john

John Courtneidge

Bromley Income Equality Group

www.facebook.com/BromleyIncomeEqualityGroup

BTW - Here in the London Borough of Bromley, the Council has declared that it works to a 1:13 ratio: which sounds OK until you realise that this converts to less than £7 per hour for the lowest paid and £97 for the CEO . . . How fair is that - not!

Our Bromley Income Equality Group Facebook page is a link to campaigning work  on this.

www.facebook.com/BromleyIncomeEqualityGroup

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