I reckon I could fix the government you know. It is a matter of addressing the fundamentals. Certainly as many have perceived, locking MP's up for criminal activity would be a good start. But my thoughts drift elsewhere.
When I return from a supermarket visit, I have a piece of paper on which the supermarket has helpfully printed a product description and the price I paid for it, with a total at the bottom. Very helpful in checking that I have been charged correctly and even for comparing prices.
Compare this with a 'Tax Statement'. This pop through the door and has things like 'opening balance', with a figure, then some other to-ing and fro-ing of numbers, maybe with an explanation such as 'on account' and then a total.
You may have no idea where the 'opening balance' came from, nor how it is calculated. You most likely won't be able to follow what the other items are and so have no idea why they arrive at the total they do. It is this assumption on the part on the state that they owe you absolutely nothing, no courtesy, no explanation, nothing that is the root of the problem.
Cure that mindset and you start to cure an awful lot. It is beyond the wit of politicians though, They would first have to come to believe they exist to serve the people and their country.
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