Re: [EM] Why bicameralism ?

2005-02-26 Thread Stephane Rouillon
Behind-the-scene deals are among many things often the consequence of balance of power, usually when well defined groups decide to trade in their mutual benefit instead of giving their opinion about public interest... Yes I understand that human nature will always make a place for an analysis of p

Re: [EM] Why bicameralism ?

2005-02-26 Thread Stephane Rouillon
Sorry, I had to learn more about bicameralism before answering... No indirect method is not good in my eye because it lowers imputability. The way I see the problem is when governments have to decide where to put money in order to develop their territory (country, state, municipality, ...). When

Re: [EM] Why bicameralism ?

2004-09-01 Thread Dr . Ernie Prabhakar
Congratulations, on the Ph.D., Stephane! On Sep 1, 2004, at 9:01 AM, Brian Olson wrote: On Sep 1, 2004, at 6:18 AM, Stephane Rouillon wrote: Stop internal behind-the-scene deals and start an open and neutral decisional process that would encourage politicians to take decisions that benefit the mos

Re: [EM] Why bicameralism ?

2004-09-01 Thread Brian Olson
On Sep 1, 2004, at 6:18 AM, Stephane Rouillon wrote: Towns, cities and every geographical organisation already have representatives at a local level: mayors and city councils. Different scope of issues ... Let them do the work, if not by themself by electing representatives to go defend the town i

Re: [EM] Why bicameralism ?

2004-09-01 Thread Stephane Rouillon
I understand very well people want to have someone to defend their interest and demand in the name of their community some money or favors to an upper government for local projects. What I do not understand, is that apparent necessity that it has to be a representative from that same level of gove