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I think all elected US Reps, Senators, VP+POTUS, appointed Federal Judges should have their investments held in blind trusts, and this should be a statutory req
by wyldfire 6y ago
I think all elected US Reps, Senators, VP+POTUS, appointed Federal Judges should have their investments held in blind trusts, and this should be a statutory requirement for holding these offices.
Hard for me to see whether or not this was corruption or insider access. But holding assets in trusts would eliminate the suspicion along with any actual corruption.
- BrianOnHN 6y agoWhat about the president appointing children and in-laws to White House positions? Or worse, previous "business" associates that provably lack merit? Edit: excuse my whataboutism. However, if this were a republican it wouldn't even be newsworthy at this point.
- airhead969 6y agoElected officials in the US are basically all corrupt because they take bribes ("campaign support") from the rich and do their bidding. (Princeton study.) Popularity, advertising, and manufactured sentiment are bought with this dirty money. The only way to fix this is separating church and state and money and journalism. A better way than a popularity contest is to do as the ancient Greeks by selecting public administrators at random from a trustworthy, competent group of people who serve for a limited term, like jury duty.