4 ms·
Short story: lobbying.
by ska 8y ago
Short story: lobbying.
- username223 8y agoSlightly longer story: bribes (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8076/693/400/price-sheet-of-corruption.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8076/693/400/price-sheet-...) Basically, our representatives can choose their voters via redistricting (gerrymandering). Senators can't do that, but elections are advertising wars, and the one with the most money often wins, and therefore repays his/her donors. I'm not saying people should give up on democracy, but it needs some help from human beings instead of TurboTax.