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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Oooh. That simplification cannot be right. I've done it in the past to save up for a far-away holiday. Nothing to do with the economy.
The implication of what you've said is that the economy needs to be level so that nobody needs two jobs. That's impossible owing to human nature.
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This would go off topic but whilst it is a bit simplistic it's not totally unreachable. We as a society continue to produce more and more wealth so having people who work full time (a couple of part-time jobs I accept isn't the same) should have enough to have a decent standard of living.
Part of the problem is not just low-paying, insecure, work but the cost of housing as well though which is growing faster than average wage growth causing more and more of someone's income to taken up by it year on year.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
I don’t think it is unreasonable to set a minimum criteria for what is required for a person to stand as an MP, and have prospective candidates assessed before an independent panel before they are allowed to stand for election.
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You can't have an unelected, 'independent' panel, sanction who can stand for Parliament. It would completely subvert our democracy.
Although the nature of Parliament means it would in the end be accountable to Parliament the fact the panel gets to select who can stand for it would give huge power to that panel.