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Some Rights Just Have to be Surrendered
By Michael Bonanno (about the author) Page 2 of 2 page(s)
We've already removed those non person corporations from the picture, so that should help.
Really, though, who are we to dictate what an "obscene" amount of money is?
We're the people who are going to hire these candidates, so shouldn't we determine what their "compensation" will be? Paying someone or taking money from someone to have an edge over a competitor for the same job should be unacceptable to us, the employers, and that candidate should be rejected.
Like any good corporation, we should write a Standard Operating Procedure that defines "obscene". We're the employers. We have the right to do that. If we consider how much our favorite candidate can afford, maybe we can develop a standard. Maybe the money should originate from we, the people in the form of equally distributed public money. Yep, we give 'em some money and tell them to go play, but only for six months.
Keeping this in mind, the candidates will surrender their right to address non-issues.
These issues include non relevant attacks about their opponent's personal affairs - and you can take that any way you want.
Candidates may only speak about what they would do to improve social conditions, economic conditions, all domestic and international situations, if appropriate for that particular political race.
A candidate still maintains the right to explain how he or she differs from his or her opponent(s)' positions concerning issues relevant to the welfare of his or her constituents, whether they're local people or the entire citizenry of the country.
We should have the right to force a candidate out of the race if she or he veers from political relevancy. In fact, veering from political relevancy is another good candidate for a standard operating procedure.
There may be more rights that should be surrendered in order for the vast majority of us to keep our basic freedoms. In fact, please feel free to add your candidates for surrenderable freedoms.
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He is also a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's (more...)
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