RE: Publicly financed elections.
November 19, 2014 at 11:44 am
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2014 at 11:50 am by Brian37.)
It does not matter what you set up, everything is run by humans and will as a result be subject to manipulation. While that is not a bad idea, it would still be subject to oversight. The most important thing in keeping any aspect of society from becoming abused is the concept of oversight and anti monopoly. I am not sure that this would work right now because even if "publicly funded" look who still yields the most power over government. Big business.
It has been way past time that America overturns Citizens United with a constitutional amendment banning big money from politics. We have for the past 30 years allowed far too much corporate influence on lawmaking.
I think it would still be important even if we did that, to do what Iceland did when their rich fucked up, hold them accountable. If you just set something up just to set it up, that does not make it work. What makes it work with wealth is really no different than punishing a child. You don't have to beat the crap out of them, but certainly back up your words with actions when the kid does something wrong.
America's sick mentality has been when the rich fuck up, they dump it on us or blame us. If enough of them went to jail they would stop doing it.
It has been way past time that America overturns Citizens United with a constitutional amendment banning big money from politics. We have for the past 30 years allowed far too much corporate influence on lawmaking.
I think it would still be important even if we did that, to do what Iceland did when their rich fucked up, hold them accountable. If you just set something up just to set it up, that does not make it work. What makes it work with wealth is really no different than punishing a child. You don't have to beat the crap out of them, but certainly back up your words with actions when the kid does something wrong.
America's sick mentality has been when the rich fuck up, they dump it on us or blame us. If enough of them went to jail they would stop doing it.
