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Well I don't think the whole system has to be broken down and rebuilt from scratch. There are lots of pretty basic ideas floating around for getting money out
by abstractbill 13y ago
Well I don't think the whole system has to be broken down and rebuilt from scratch. There are lots of pretty basic ideas floating around for getting money out of politics.
- wwweston 13y agoThere are some good ideas floating around, and we could do a lot better than the direction we're going now, but I don't think it's really possible to try and eliminate all the ways in which money buys influence. Once you can employ people to work for your political ends (by directly engaging with congressional staff, by producing supportive research, by working a PR campaign...), you have a bigger voice than someone else, whether laws allow you funnel campaign cash by the shipping container or not. My guess is that the only real way to balance this out is have more citizens talking to congressional staff.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoTo say nothing of the fact that glamour can be used - and IS used - in lieu of money. Associating with movie stars, successful businesspersons, so on, is it's own reward.