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- their outsizes ability to be politicians. Smart middle-class (or below, income-wise) people simply cannot afford to run for parlament and leave thei
by JohnBooty 3y ago
- their outsizes ability to be politicians. Smart middle-class
(or below, income-wise) people simply cannot afford to run for
parlament and leave their career behind for N years. But this
means politicians are overwhelmingly rich and skew the
representation in supposed democracy
Thank you for recognizing this.
It astounds me how people don't want to financially reward our politicians in honest, transparent ways.
In an ideal world, I believe we should pay our politicians like stars while simultaneously having iron-clad controls on their outside financial influences. Wildly impractical for sure, but why not e.g.:
- Pay a US Senator $500,000 a year
- Assign two full time agents to him with full access to their finances down to counting the fucking loose change in the senator's pockets whenever they feel like it.
- Agent A and Agent B get a hefty bonus for spotting violations. Double the bonus for a thing the other missed.
- The iron-clad financial influence rules extend to 10 years after they leave office and include extended family members and friends.