Originally Posted by protonitron

I meant that the idea of the experts being put in pools was good because it meant only a section of power went to the individual experts. Most of the pools wouldn't have enough power by themselves for corruption to be tempting enough for the experts in power. What use is bribing experts who choose which sector the budget goes to if you can't then control that sector. It would be possible to bribe all of the necessary pools but this would be a lot more expensive than it would be without the system of categorisation. Also, since the experts are basically in the political system for life, they wouldn't need such expensive campaigns payed for by corporations.