We as Athenians are faced with a decision as to whether we can move forward and survive as a democracy or if we will let everything great about as completely crumble. As we all know after decades of war our economy has been undermined and the great people who have fought for us returned here without money and what little was left has now been depleted. Farmers lost their crops and lively hood and many others are in the same place. As are brothers in this community sink farther and farther into poverty and ultimately slavery we have yet to do anything. We can wait no longer. We must ensure that these people, our brothers, remain loyal to us and what we stand for as a democracy.
As these people work hard to try and scrap and can only succeed in barely making anything we must put into place a system that allows them to attend these assemblies and to still retain the little livelihood that they have until they can move once again out of poverty and into a successful life. We must put into place a system that will directly pay those that are unable to work, because of either injury or handicap or simply cannot find work. One way that we can do this is to pay those that attend assembly meetings: a system similar to that that is already in practice and pays those that serve as trial jurors in the dikasteria.
In doing this it will ensure a living for those of us that have lost everything or almost everything. It will ensure that those whose faith in our democracy is wavering will remain loyal and they will more actively participate in the system. So on closing I ask all of you to simply look around and see what seems the best way to keep all alive and prospering.
As these people work hard to try and scrap and can only succeed in barely making anything we must put into place a system that allows them to attend these assemblies and to still retain the little livelihood that they have until they can move once again out of poverty and into a successful life. We must put into place a system that will directly pay those that are unable to work, because of either injury or handicap or simply cannot find work. One way that we can do this is to pay those that attend assembly meetings: a system similar to that that is already in practice and pays those that serve as trial jurors in the dikasteria.
In doing this it will ensure a living for those of us that have lost everything or almost everything. It will ensure that those whose faith in our democracy is wavering will remain loyal and they will more actively participate in the system. So on closing I ask all of you to simply look around and see what seems the best way to keep all alive and prospering.
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