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Originally Posted by redforever
Who's gonna pay all these people? Rather a large pay roll for the country.
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I was waiting for that one...
The number of elected politicians in this country under the current 3-level system is already huge. There are about 1,000 members elected to parliament and the various legislatures. Beyond that, how many municipal/county politicians are there? 5,000? 10,000? That said, I'll still admit that yes, I've proposed a huge number. If you want to reduce my proposed level of local representation by a factor of 2, or even 3 times, that'll bring the total number of "politicans" down closer to the current number while still giving us an order of magnitude more representation at our closest level.
On the other hand, in my utopian little world, someone serving as representative for only one or two thousand people couldn't treat it as a full-time position, and wouldn't need to. That happens now in small towns, where sitting on town council is a part-time job, with pay commensurate.
As I said, utopian and unrealistic. Just a thought, though.