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Getting money out of politics in the US

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(03-28-2023, 07:20 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: I've said what I think. Personally, I think the easiest way is to tether the top. Then they don't have the money to do these things.

Your plan is a very blunt instrument to say the least, but who does it really target?  It seems to target guys like Bezos, forcing them to share more of their earnings with workers and slowing down their accumulation of wealth.  But Bezos is probably not the archetype of an unaccountable elite.  Here in Florida, the archetype in the past would have been Ed Ball.  Today, it might be the Fanjul Brothers or Norm Braman.  These are not the wealthiest people in FL, but they are the ones who make themselves the loudest politically,  with the particular goal of making their streams of income unaccountable to the people.  No one likes overpriced and environmentally destructive sugar, and no one likes car dealers.  Yet we can never find a politician who doesnt like their money.  
You propose that we should force such men to distribute more of their income to their workers, and that would fix things.  Would it really?
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RE: Getting money out of politics in the US - by mikesez - 03-28-2023, 09:22 AM
homebiscuit - by homebiscuit - 03-28-2023, 08:55 AM
Copycat - by copycat - 03-29-2023, 12:09 PM
RE: Copycat - by mikesez - 03-29-2023, 01:09 PM
Copycat - by copycat - 03-29-2023, 03:10 PM
RE: Copycat - by mikesez - 03-29-2023, 03:46 PM
Copycat - by copycat - 03-30-2023, 08:53 PM
RE: Copycat - by mikesez - 03-30-2023, 09:09 PM
Copycat - by copycat - 03-31-2023, 07:22 AM
RE: Copycat - by mikesez - 03-31-2023, 08:05 AM



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