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Problem with that being: If they're not corrupt(-ed) before entering office, they most certainly will be through lobbying (aka "generous donations") once they
by Lev1a 10y ago
Problem with that being:
If they're not corrupt(-ed) before entering office, they most certainly will be through lobbying (aka "generous donations") once they enter office. Exceptions to this rule are certainly rare and seem to only surface ahead of elections and vanish -again- as soon as they are elected.
- simonh 10y agoAnd yet this law did get passed in the first place.
- kazagistar 10y agoCorrect. Everything can be solved with more layers of abstaction though. Elect people who will reform lobbying and campaign finance (even if it takes an amendment), eliminate gerrymandering, and fix the other beyond broken parts of the political process. Then maybe we can consider policy. If even that proves impossible, well, then I guess it would have to come down to violent revolution.
- polotics 10y agoNope, violent revolution produces worse regimes than what they replace. Emigrate instead.
- forvelin 10y agoLobbying is a serious US problem and sounds absolutely corrupt from European POV, it just makes us more desperate.
- _pmf_ 10y ago> Lobbying is a serious US problem and sounds absolutely corrupt from European POV, it just makes us more desperate. German here. Absolutely believe there's virtually no difference in that regard. Lobbyists write law proposals that end up being the verbatim law.
- tzs 10y agoThat's provably false. If it were true there would be very little difference between the votes of the major political parties on most important issues except around election time. Yet on most major issues there are significant consistent vote differences between Democrats in general and Republicans in general regardless of the nearness of elections.
- TYPE_FASTER 10y agoThis would be true if the vote for this bill were not so close.