I require you to do the following, and nothing else.
I demand that you:
... create a climate where we are unlikely to be victims of crime.
... prevent us from being invaded, or defeated in war. ***
... guarantee that property rights are secure, contracts fairly enforced, disputes impartially arbitrated, the law open to all seeking redress.
... ensure that children receive a decent education, whatever their parents’ means.
... ensure that the sick receive medical attention, whatever their means.
... do these things without confiscating any more of our assets through taxation than absolutely necessary.
I am indebted to Daniel Hannan for the list, to which I added the penultimate item.
*** Oh, and I would further add this:
... ensure that we are never, in any circumstances, handed over to be governed by unaccountable foreign oligarchs who are set upon destroying our ancient way of life and against whom we have no redress.
Just love the addendum, P!
ReplyDeleteNo chance.
ReplyDeleteNot until we restrict political representatives to serving for only one term each in their entire lifetime, and until we insist that all Civil Servants are seconded from relevant private industry and again serve at most for one five year period only once in their lifetime.
Only then will we the people regain control of our government. Only then will we be able to enforce such demands against our rulers.