04-08-2021, 10:16 AM
(04-08-2021, 10:00 AM)Au165 Wrote: It's harder to buy someone who hasn't actually done your favor yet because you are banking on their willingness to actually follow through. The money problem of politics really is a complex one that should be addressed, but there is little interest in REALLY digging in because there are a lot of skeletons there.
The money problem in politics isn't as much of a problem as people tend to think it is. Research is telling us that it isn't so much that money results in wins, it's that winners tend to attract money during a campaign. The money being spent is an attempt at influence, gaining favor, which also isn't really a thing. The relationship between money spent and policy outcomes is not a good one. In fact, it's pretty much 50/50 based on the research.
All of this being said, I'm still in favor of campaign finance reforms, but I think that we need to understand that the problem isn't what we tend to make it out to be.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
