(DOWNLOAD) "Healing Austria - Manifesting a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) in the Republic of Austria" by Mark O'Doherty ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Healing Austria - Manifesting a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) in the Republic of Austria
- Author : Mark O'Doherty
- Release Date : January 11, 2021
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 294 KB
Description
Since the 19th century, in fits and starts, democracy has spread to more and more parts of the world. Nations that were formerly governed by narrow elites for their own benefit extended voting rights, education, welfare and social security to larger swaths of their populations. But over the last two decades, many political scientists have noted a reverse trend: growing economic inequality combined with the rise of autocratic leaders, weakening democratic institutions and weakening rule of law in country after country. Democracies are the best place to put your money, because they have courts that are more or less independent. As a result, a huge tidal wave of money started to move into democracies. With the money came a sort of kleptocratic spirit. So if you’re going to buy a big house, why not also buy a politician? Why not try to manipulate a court case? What started to happen was that democratic institutions started to be manipulated by kleptocrats. The biggest source of this kleptocratic money came from Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union. But a lot of it came from kleptocratic client states like Congo, parts of South America and Malaysia. So instead of being connected to superpowers, these dictatorships became connected to the corporate world. The superpowers and the old imperial powers were essentially replaced by corporate powers. So throughout the world, rulers, including elected rulers, are increasingly wielding power through corruption. They enact policies to enrich themselves and a small clique of their cronies. This also includes the Austrian political establishment in Vienna - namely the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), which is unwilling to implement any much-needed reforms in the Republic of Austria - the SPÖ Party being a willing and guilty collaborator in perpetrating inequality, injustice and human rights violations. This includes the Mayor of Vienna, Mr Michael Ludwig from the SPÖ Party; and the Vice Mayor of Vienna, Mr Christoph Wiederkehr from the NEOS Party. It should also be noted, that the current Viennese law concerning the guarantee of basic social health insurance and income – namely the "Wiener Mindestsicherungsgesetz" (WMG) – is outdated and ought to be changed. Therefore it is imperative that lawmakers in Vienna finally make an effort to guarantee fundamental human rights in Vienna, by implementing a Basic Income Guarantee Law in Vienna; as stipulated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
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