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It's not accepted as fact, but an interesting theory on "WTF happened in 1971" was the "Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970" and how it made many actions, vo
by tyingq 4y ago
It's not accepted as fact, but an interesting theory on "WTF happened in 1971" was the "Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970" and how it made many actions, votes, etc, of the US congress more transparent.
The idea being that lobbyists were paying for certain types of votes when they were private, but that politicians could then vote their conscience anyway...because there was no way for a lobbyist to verify they got the vote they paid for.
But, once the specific vote by named representative became public record, the lobbyists could now see if they got the vote they paid for.
- marcosdumay 4y agoThe idea of politicians voting based on their conscience is so alien to me. Do people have any evidence they ever had any?
- tyingq 4y agoI think there's a fair amount that do so in their freshman run. But it's a road that probably leads to getting voted out after the opposition gets money from the big groups you piss off by doing so.
- asdff 4y agoI don't think you'd get the money together necessary to get your freshman run even off the ground without at least some kowtowing of the line of the major donors for your party. The nature of campaigning imo makes pretty much all politicians more beholden to money than to their constituents. Its expensive business, and if you decide not to play the game, you just end up smacked.