moonraker

There is enough wealth in the world to support everyone on it to a satisfactory standard. Greed keeps this from happening. The pursuit of wealth has become the driving force behind most of our societies. Top league athletes and actors make gross amounts of money for doing nothing of benefit to the world. Some celebrities are famous for no reason I have ever seen except bad behavior. People all but worship them for it too. Marketing and sales are glorified within the business world to the point that I think business people have forgotten that attached to every wallet, is a human being. When was the last time someone invented something with the intent of helping the world? Not making a profit. I'm afraid for what capitalism has become. What it has made us become.

We could do away with the partisanship in parliament very simply. It would also solve the problem of the "whip" vote. I personally believe that Canada is no longer a democracy. Any system of government where a small few people can have a large say in government policy is no democracy. That's essentially what the whip vote is. The leadership of the governing party is really in control. Not the individual MPs or their constituents. We should abolish the parties. No more "whip" votes, no more party-centric scandals. The MP's once elected can draw names from within their numbers or perhaps vote to determine who holds the PMO and the various other portfolios of ministries. No more massive campaign funding scandals. Also the wage of the members should be directly linked to an index based on the incomes of the average canadian. Nobpdy should be able to give themselves a raise at the expense of taxpayers without having earned it first.