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A LOT of people have fought very hard for campaign finance reform over the past 20 years I can remember. The result is more money in politics than ever. Suppor
by bh42222 15y ago
A LOT of people have fought very hard for campaign finance reform over the past 20 years I can remember. The result is more money in politics than ever.
Supporting campaign finance reform will do nothing. We tried that over decades, the supreme court shot it down.
You have two options:
1. Constitutional reform.
Make it specifically distinguish campaign finance from free speech. No plain law will ever stand with the constitution as it is today.
2. Greatly increase the number of representatives.
This may be a lot easier as it is just a plain law. At some point we decided too many members of the house would be too chaotic. So we hugely raised the ratio of people to representatives.
This favors the lobbying power of interest groups.
While individuals still have a lot of influence if they write or in person visit their representative, it is universally accepted that the fewer people are in your district the more influence each individual has. And the opposite is also true. This is why, unlike the senate, the house is supposed to be the people's house.
If you dramatically raise the total number of representative you bring power closer to the people.
Will this also result in grid lock? Yes! Is that still totally worth it? YES!