Fiduciary Responsibility for People in Power (positions)
Mathew Innes
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I think this is self explanatory. if you are in a position of power and for example, use public money to fund a project or something and you lose all that public money or it fails, people will need to take responsibility like everyone else does in new zealand for their actions, reactions or interactions. so far, it seems those who put nz in debt, walk away with pensions and all the perks but cost the public millions that they have to repay... its time people taking responsibility for their political decisions, if you vote for that person in power, perhaps that voter has to take responsibility along with the person they have put into that position. this will be the same for all people in power positions, police, lawyers etc etc etc, no more this law for them and different for others.
Mathew Innes Wed 26 Jul 2017 8:40AM
how is it then; im just wondering. when a scientist for example, said, Water needed floride in it and we found out, it wasn't doing what it said it would, they would be held accountable, they would lose their position and any reputation they built up. any pension or benefits... the other peers would alienate them i would imagine and while they take responsibility for their actions if their research was incorrect or wrong. yet a politician controls funding to them (its a dictatorship environment for scientists) and can just make any decision and not "pay for it" but walk away. how can we fix this? we should be putting science first, politicians last as they are not really people we need to be making decisions. otherwise our economy and country would continue to get better, not worse after a mare four years. does that make sense?
Tane Harre Wed 26 Jul 2017 8:54AM
The only way would be to vote in a party that believes in science. You are correct, it does give disproportionate power but that was the trade off for being able to find people to do the hard jobs.
Mathew Innes Wed 26 Jul 2017 9:10AM
There is none. it seems that they have been made unable by politicians dictating whom should oversea this arena. how about changing that, so fact reigns over fiction? then also, in court the judges use a blind method of incriminating people/judging people using the same method everytime, so everyone gets an equal justice, rather than the old boy society manipulating the outcomes to suit their... how do i say it.. um their wants. if they keep going like they are, they are controlling everyones outcomes individually and its leaving a sour taste in many communities that do not have wealth to stick up for themselves.
idiom axiom Thu 27 Jul 2017 8:50AM
You get the government you deserve.
Mathew Innes Thu 27 Jul 2017 11:34AM
its forced upon us. yet keeps failing us, decade after decade yet never changes because the people in power, have engineered it like that to sustain their own indulgence.
Tane Harre · Wed 26 Jul 2017 8:06AM
In some ways we do take responsibility for our votes. If the economy tanks because we voted for the free jet planes for all party then everybody loses and since at least 50% of the electorate voted for it (by voting or abstaining) they take half the hit.
The thing is sometimes you do have to take an economic hit, and somethings things don't work out. The country deals with this by granting immunity to politicians (for instance) as they are assumed to be acting in good faith.