On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 03:52:31PM +1100, Brent Wallis wrote:
Land ownership is the key word here. Surely a person or entity paying rates deserves a say in how their council spends the cash?
How would you feel if your property rates increased 2000 % and later you found out your local councillors were using the dough to pave gold roads?
If I had a property in a different municipality where the council increased them by say 500% in one year then surely I deserve to have a say on how they spend it?
so far, so good. can't disagree at all, at least about human persons if not non-human entities - in fact, i was going to make the same point.
If a company owns a property...lets say a small engineering firm in a shed in a place like Corowa... employing 5 locals , who has their garbage, sewage and water rates increased 100% in one year surely they deserve a say?
(Stress the OWN the property/land part there...if a company leases land/warehouse whatever ...then they do not pay local council rates...its just part of the rent.. they should not get a say!)
no, they should not. a company is not a person. granting them voting rights as if they were a person not only undermines democracy, it's actively destructive of it. yes, yes, i know. companies are made of people. so is soylent green. companies are, by definition, made up of multiple people - who, then, gets to vote on their behalf? or do they get one vote per owner/shareholder? per board-member? per employee? are volunteers counted? craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #391: We already sent around a notice about that.