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Get rid of the indirection. Hiring lobbyist isn't necessary. Instead, a two step system would be nice: 1. People add money to pool. The pool's contents are pu
by ifearthefeds 15y ago
Get rid of the indirection. Hiring lobbyist isn't necessary.
Instead, a two step system would be nice:
1. People add money to pool. The pool's contents are publicized.
2. After congressional votes, the pool is distributed to all politicians who voted "correctly".
Note that this incentivizes politicians to oppose the status quo, as the less politicians supporting a piece of legislation, the higher the payout.
- joelthelion 15y agoWould that be legal? It sounds like outright corruption...
- frankydp 15y agoNot much different from how it operates now. Just ask Dodd.
- sankho 15y agoThis is an interesting idea, but for it to work, I'd add one more stipulation: 3. Have politicians sign an agreement that accepting money from We The Lobby's pool means you cannot accept money from other donors. This would ensure that special interests had no more power than the majority of a democracy's population - as they do now. But I seriously doubt any politician would agree with this.