Is it wrong if having an outstanding utility bill gets you removed from government?

Yes.

No, because there’s no human right to be a town councilor. Even if you think it was wrong to disqualify the person in question, not all wrongs are human rights violations.

P.S. I think this is the story you’re asking about. If so, it’s worth noting that the former town councilor is not poor. Her husband just forgot to make one of their monthly payments.

No. There is no human right to not face the consequences of not paying your bills. Being poor is npt an excuse for avoiding responsibilities.

@zenvelo Then that cuts out most university grads with student loans, Some permenatly. They can use the postion to pay off quicker with the 6 figure salary from being in government. That would cut me out too. That makes a worthless degree suck even more.

I guess it depends on what the government job was. Debt was one of the criteria for approval of a top secret clearance. So if this person was going for or held a job that required a certain security clearance, it would be justified. Additionally, if the job required the responsibility of handling money and the applicant had a history of late/missing payments, that might qualify as well.

“an unpaid bill means she should have never qualified to run in the election”

the fuck

In the United States that would rocket her to the Presidency.

It seems harsh but according to the Local Authorities Election Act, all money owed to a municipality must be paid by nomination day, which for Powers was Sept. 18. It seems she owed money for unpaid property taxes and you can understand why a council responsible for raising taxes wants to ensure its own council members are paying them.

@RedDeerGuy1 , Having an unpaid bill is not the same as paying interest on a loan. The law only applies to money owed to the municipality. The law seems a bit silly, but I don’t think it is unfair.

Even on a local level you cant owe back taxes, it disqualifies you. No other bills are checked. So no, a utility bill on a short cycle should not matter.

The real question: why does the person not pay his bills? If he can’t be trusted on such a simple thing, why would you trust him to be a political leader?

@RedDeerGuy1 Your response to my post makes no sense. Owing money is not the same as not paying your bills.

And, @RedDeerGuy1, There is no such thing as a worthless degree- a degree is worth what ever work one puts into making use of it.

These sound like laws for very money-oriented societies. If it’s considered so bad, yet someone is elected despite that, why have some peculiar law connecting two unconnected things, except that the law-makers and possibly the society are extremely rulebound, petty, and focused on money?