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If merely accepting donations invalidates a politicians ability to have their own views then I suppose no politician legitimately cares about anything (perhaps

• nebula8804 3y ago
  Its accepting donations from PACs and corporations. This is outlawed elsewhere as "bribes". If the politician goes against what the donor says they get nothing the next time around at the best(so now they needs to raise money elsewhere) and at the worst the donor funds their opponent. There are a handful of politicians that refuse to take any corporate PAC money (The Squad, Sanders etc.) instead electing to only take small dollar donations from regular people. Its reasonable that you will take money from the people you are elected to serve, not corporations and superpacs. There have been attempts to just get money out of politics altogether and instead introduce a general fund from taxes to pay out the expenses of running for office while banning all other forms of donations. That would be the best because it gives even small time people a chance.