- A party that will cater for the rich and big business
- A party that in the past has closed schools and medical facilities in country areas
- A party that in the past has been responsible for bringing in draconian building regulations and a swathe of other "we know what's best for you" regulations
- A party that looks like an alternative but has seemingly already formed an alliance with the pro-big business party.
- A party that hasn't even advertised itself and is so small it's only mentioned in the polls as "other" - policies other than being pro-recreational activities?
- and one independent who no one seems to know about.
Sigh!
So listening to Tenzin Wangyal's videocast this morning https://youtu.be/reb4a4gG5sE got me thinking about what he was saying. Whether its politics, social intervention, advocacy, parenting, care programs or just about anything else if its done from a standpoint of :
- Ignorance or doubt
- Hate, fear or frustration
- Greed or grasping
then its doomed at some point to fail.
I don't think any of this is new or earth shattering: What we need are decision makers who can connect with their inner source and act from that innate awareness that comes from the heart-mind. Decision makers who can allow others to be as they are while protecting the weak and those who might otherwise have their rights trod on, those without a voice. Politics should be about listening to all sides and finding solutions that best balance the needs of everyone - not just the noisiest of most influential lobbyists. This is by no means an easy path as you risk pleasing no-one 100% and in the end tough choices have to be made but isn't that what we pay for, as tax payers. Along the way the decision making process would be open and transparent for those who wanted to know about it. Evidence used to support a decision would be available to anyone who wanted to know. Voters could bring issues to the notice of government and trigger peoples referendums on issues where there were enough petitioners. And for everything that concerns how we personally choose to lead our lives the government would butt out. Government should be about the big picture items like roads, research, infrastructure, health and hospitals, care for those who can't care for themselves, education, addressing pollution, environment protection, national defence, the protection of civil rights, democracy and free speech.
