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I feel like such a law would have to be very carefully crafted; otherwise it would just make the money change hands a few more times before finding its way into
by whythre 6y ago
I feel like such a law would have to be very carefully crafted; otherwise it would just make the money change hands a few more times before finding its way into the same pockets.
- rkangel 6y agoA lot of other countries manage it fine. Even the US wasn't too bad until 2010 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC). To me it's important to separate two concepts: the ability to legally 'bribe' politicians, and the ability to spend money to get them elected. The first is difficult process to eradicate completely, but it's much less important than the second. It doesn't matter so much if politicians make decisions we don't like if we can just vote them out. To put it another way - money distorting the will of the people is a bigger problem than money distorting the will of a politician. US politicians have to be beholden to someone to get enough money to get re-elected. UK politicians don't in the same way because they are much more restricted on what can be spent on the campaign.