[Vision2020] An Idea With Some Merit?

[keely emerinemix]

I think that what I got out of it, Tom, wasn't the idea of segregation, but that if the disenfranchised actually HAD conscientious, effective representation in the corridors of power, and the corporations and those choking with privilege had less -- and again, this is all idealistic and not at all practical -- the economic and political course this country takes would be different.  I, too, find the idea of representation solely by race to be objectionable, although in a de facto sense, we have that already in some areas -- and, since the problems of wealthy Blacks are likely not the same issues faced by the poor of all races, such a thing would be of little help anyway.

The problem the author was trying to address is that children, the elderly, single parents in the inner city, the disabled, etc., have no one in Congress who really takes up their cause -- who represents them with integrity, gusto, and intelligence.  No one speaks for the marginalized, and that's why they continue to be marginalized.  I think that's what the author of the piece was trying, however imperfectly, to address.  

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:51:57 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] An Idea With Some Merit?
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> To: kjajmix1 at msn.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> 
> As much as your intentions appeal to me, Keely, I personally find
> representation, based upon race and/or economic/financial status, to be
> absolutely appalling.
> 
> From whose ranks would these representatives come?  The poor?  I doubt it.
> 
> Couple this concept with "corporate free speech", recently guaranteed by
> the Supreme Court, and guess where this road leads ten years, twenty
> years, or forty years from now.
> 
> If the poor and/or minorities have any representation, at all, it will be
> at the whims and wishes of Wall Street.
> 
> Segregation is NOT representation.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> >
> >
> > Good morning, Visionaires,
> >
> > A friend forwarded this to me, and while I understand it to be more
> > tongue-in-cheek than a serious proposition, I find the idea of
> > Congressional representation based on race and income really quite
> > appealing in some respects.  Of course it'll never happen, just as honest
> > representation of poor people's concerns under the current system won't,
> > either.  Check it out at
> >
> > http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/02/what-if-senators-represented-people-by.html.
> >  (There might be a better way to link this, but all I know is
> > cut-and-paste).
> >
> > Keely
> > www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
> >
> >
> >
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