Good news! Lawmakers’ income sinks to a record low | The Japan Times Online
Politicians saw their income fall for the third consecutive year in 2010 to a record-low average of ¥21.7 million, down ¥440,000 from the previous year, the Diet said in a data release Monday. That’s the lowest since the Lower House and Upper House started releasing Diet members’ financial statements in 1993. via Lawmakers’ income sinks [...]
Protected: “When the politicians are afraid of the voters, they will make meaningful changes. ” Till then, it’s all Kabuki theatre
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Yes we can… what?
The newspaper headline yesterday (Thursday, Nov. 6th, 2008) was イエス・ウィー・キャン We can what? Americans pride themselves on being a can-do nation: not just a nation of practical people of ability, but also of an optimistic attitude that is expressed in that old chestnut: “The possible we do straight away. The impossible takes a little longer.” [...]
