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Asked by elhermano to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 18 Mar 2011 in Categories: About.
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Luna Munoz answered on 18 Mar 2011:
I wish we could leave them behind! I’m quite liberal/socialist in my politics. I am very happy to give money for taxes to help our society. That’s what Japan has been doing; they have been spending bucket-loads of money on providing an infrastructure that will support their buildings and cities in case of an earthquake. They also spent a lot of money on preparation for disaster relief for its citizens. That is what New Orleans should have been doing, but they had suffered problems from spending their money in all the wrong places.
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David Pyle answered on 18 Mar 2011:
I’m not a member of any. It’s hard to be a scientist, used to challenging authority and dogma, and still have much faith in the way that parliament works – where it is a sign of weakness to change your mind! The political landscape by the next election could be quite different (if the coalition has survived, and if the new voting system has come in), so it’s an interesting time!
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elhermano commented on :
so how do you think is the best way to run our country (david)?
David commented on :
We need quite a few more elected politicians with (a) life experience and (b) science/technnology training. None of the leaders of the three main parties (I think) have ever worked other than as a political researcher on their way to be MPs. There are very few scientists on the front bench of either side in parliament, and I think this makes a critical difference in terms of the critical examination of policies and critical analysis of problems.