Mike Bolan
Perhaps it is we, the public, who are not good enough for our politicians. Perhaps we just don’t measure up to their exacting standards. Despite their best efforts, we just keep on letting them down, failing to appreciate all of the good things that they are doing for us.
There can be no more eloquent comment on Tasmania’s ‘democratic’ system than the Parliament’s reception during “North’s day in the sun” of a petition
about the pulp mill by over 8,300 concerned locals.
Not only were the residents abused and their views denigrated by their own supposed representatives, like Rene Hidding, but other members waxed lyrical
and the House quickly moved a resolution to support the pulp mill.
Which aspects of democracy exactly were we supposed to learn from our ‘day in the sun’?
How is the public supposed to respond to a ‘representative’ system that ignores local residents concerns?
On what basis do people like Rene Hidding think they are paid? Are they there to abuse us if we don’t agree with liberal policy? Is that how our system is supposed to work?
Perhaps it is we, the public, who are not good enough for our politicians. Perhaps we just don’t measure up to their exacting standards. Despite their best efforts, we just keep on letting them down, failing to appreciate all of the good things that they are doing for us.
We just don’t deserve them.
Mike Bolan
