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Thinking about donations to political parties, do you think there should or should not be a limit on the donations that the following can make to political parties? Businesses donating money to political parties
Public funding increases the distance between political elites (party leadership, candidates) and ordinary citizens (party members, supporters, voters). Not sure why “the people” haven’t solved this one yet. It kind of matters.
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Greens would do better if, like Labour and the rest, they actually had a donations button on the front of their website – what are they thinking about, sending people to some action network site in order to collect donations. Daft
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Eat the rich is an abbreviation of a saying attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they’ll eat the rich”. ‘Eating the rich’ happens, literally, when the Masters or the Landlords are very stingy, grumpy, and inhumane to their servants.
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Unfortunately, relying on robots too much can lead to widespread unemployment.
Check out these tiny robots that can also aid in artificial pollination.
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/fairy-agricultural-robots-artificial-pollination-flying-aero-light-responsive/152331/
Robots could help replace aging labor in the agricultural sector.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/25/economy/japan-smart-agriculture/
Robots and technology are the future of the agricultue industry.
It has been done in the UK.
There were a few such strikes in the U.S. back when Trump was the president. They should try them in other countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/17/day-without-immigrants-protest-restaurants-economy-trump
Immigrant workers are the backbone of most economies, especially in developed countries. WIthout them, they would crumble.
This is a great idea. People who hate immigrants need to realize how important they are.
May not be as effective as a commission to be honest. Plus, how would you get her out of the seat when needed?
You can have cross-party positions. Well they, in the US can. Check this article out, shows how most things can be non-partisan.
1 in 3 people in the UK think there should be no funding by businesses at all. So it’s a fair idea to explore further I think.
Public funding increases the distance between political elites (party leadership, candidates) and ordinary citizens (party members, supporters, voters). Not sure why “the people” haven’t solved this one yet. It kind of matters.
It’s not a new idea, but it may be a good one nevertheless.
Many companies now have money to burn, thanks to Trumpers.
Communists are only asking for 50 notes. Poor sods – don’t tick the box and hit donate without adding bank deets just to tease them. Meanie.
Greens would do better if, like Labour and the rest, they actually had a donations button on the front of their website – what are they thinking about, sending people to some action network site in order to collect donations. Daft
Greens also believe in the many not the few thing, always did.
the winners are…. Labour with the highest donation amount requested £1,200
For the many, not the few
(2 upvotes)From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs
(5 upvotes)Interesting, the international socialists are going with “Not Paid By The Billionaires”
Would be nice to know how many corp doners siphon funds to their parties in £500 batches to avoid detection. Here are the liberals donate page.
looks interesting.
Labour do it in a page – the Tories have a whole subdomain dedicated to raising funds https://donate.conservatives.com/#!/
Support the socialists if labour isn’t your bag
For the many, not the few
(2 upvotes)Labour Isn’t Working
(3 upvotes)If you don’t like Labour… Donate to the Socialists.
“Former high school history teacher and Wexler Oral History Project volunteer – remembers how during the Cuban missile crisis, Americans never challenged government policies and accepted the possibility of a nuclear holocaust.”
Ironically the child of imigrants, Savid Javid will put a stop to this…
they would likely get lots fo support – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Boycott
Nothing wrong with being rich – as long as we feed the poor in the world.
Rich Boy Check is a meme – Eat the Rich is back 200 years later as a “digital war cry” apparently.
Class war of olde….
Eat the rich is an abbreviation of a saying attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they’ll eat the rich”. ‘Eating the rich’ happens, literally, when the Masters or the Landlords are very stingy, grumpy, and inhumane to their servants.
Screw that – i aint gonna work for anyone no more. for me its just beer and big titties.