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>> If you as a sitting politician have received monetary benefits from a tax filing service you should not be allowed to speak Should people who are receiving
by rufus_foreman 3y ago
>> If you as a sitting politician have received monetary benefits from a tax filing service you should not be allowed to speak
Should people who are receiving welfare benefits be allowed to vote?
- micromacrofoot 3y agoI’m sorry are you implying that congresspeople are receiving monetary compensation because they live in poverty
- nathanappere 3y agoSo for you it's the same than being paid by a private corporation?
- rufus_foreman 3y agoIt's a conflict of interest.
- cess11 3y agoRight, so anyone using roads or having gone to school shouldn't vote?
- rufus_foreman 3y agoI didn't say whether anyone should or shouldn't vote. I asked a question regarding whether people with conflicts of interest should be prevented from participating in a democratic society, through voting, or as a politician. So should that be allowed or not? I think people using roads, or schools, or getting welfare should be able to vote, I believe politicians getting monetary benefits from tax filing services should be allowed to speak. I mean that's a pretty harsh decision, deciding that the government determines who is allowed to speak. That's what I was responding to.
- oivey 3y agoMore or less of a conflict of interest than members of Congress lowering their own taxes?
- dotnet00 3y agoWith voting to elect a representative, the point is to choose whoever you feel best represents your interests. A conflict of interest does not matter because the self interest is kind of the point. With voting on passing legislation, the point is to choose what best represents the interests of your constituents, conflicts of interest matter because they may cause you to not properly represent the interests of your constituents. Self interest is not supposed to be the point.
- Y_Y 3y agoYes
- int_19h 3y agoYes, because the laws that get passed apply to them.
- rufus_foreman 3y agoBut the laws that get passed apply to politicians also.
- int_19h 3y agoWhen it comes to taxes, the problem is that politicians tend to be already rich enough that they need some kind of professional help doing taxes, so passing legislation that effectively forces the same onto others doesn't directly affect them in that sense, while it does аffect the campaign contributions they receive from the companies that sell this kind of software.
- dwaltrip 3y agoThis is the entire point of a representative government.
- orthoxerox 3y agoNo, and neither should people on federal payroll.