Private Members Bill.

Currently the financial sector is extracting huge amounts of money from our economy in buildings, salaries and bonuses. Though they are doing nothing illegal in terms of the law this activity is having a disastrous effect on the ordinary population. They seem unable to recognise these moral consequences of their actions and continue their life style of unbridled opulence that divorces them from our joint economic reality. It is also generally accepted that taxation cannot solve this growing problem of unbalanced distribution. At the other end of the social spectrum this government has had no hesitation in the past in imposing re-skilling and attendance schemes on the unemployed. This bill proposes that this house do the same with those on high salaries. That those on incomes of more than £200,000 per annum must work for a minimum of three days per month on a ‘social farm’ in order to re-skill them in the reality the rest of us share. This exposure to servicing the needs of animals and crops will give them a necessary awareness of the interdependence of all living things, a love of creatures and plants, and the dangers of over exploitation ‘just because you can.’ Most would find it pleasurable and rewarding in ways they couldn’t have imagined and at little cost to the taxpayer. University studies have show that salaries over £100k have no effect on happiness, commitment or efficiency and as such are a waste of money but the benefits of this scheme in terms of health, well-being and awareness would be far more. The greater benefit though would be to rebalance and reconnect society as a whole. I commend this bill to the house.