10-22-2016, 09:16 PM
(10-21-2016, 03:49 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: I don't see publicly funded elections changing much - the real grift and cronyism comes in the way of joining corporate or becoming a lobbyist after a political career....or getting paid millions for speeches and books.
And if you really want to screw-up the economy, handcuff the corporations from any defense/intervention against disastrously ignorant pandering and demagoguing - the corruption and negative externalities cut both ways.
That is some pretty interesting logic.
Money does not influence who gets elected, but if we take the money out of the elections then the wrong people will get elected.
Anyone else see a problem with that argument?
