Originally Posted by
Pouffy
A good place to start would be to publicly fund elections and ban all campaign donations, lobbying, and potentially even the appearance of corruption with threat of removing the eligibility to hold or run for office and maybe jailtime depending on severity.
Yes, this is how it works in most of Europe to be honest. Copying some stuff like state-funded healthcare and no lobbying seems sensible to me at least, and would probably save the US some money in the long run. Seizing insurance companies' assets in the process, which would be out of business this way could be used to fund the new system + maybe 10-20 feet of height to the Mexican wall. (Kappa)
I never got why political lobbying is there in the first place in the US system, it's inherently corrupt and steers legislation.
Originally Posted by
Pouffy
I think that's a fair point, but you also have to consider who is buying off politicians and why. People like Trump. This could easily be him cutting out the middleman. So, although he doesn't have the same tangled connections lifelong politicians might, he's still part of the establishment and part of the problem.
I don't really understand where you are coming from. What makes you think he bought off anybody?