(07-07-2023, 03:17 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Term limits won't work. Getting corporate money out of politics would be nice, but it doesn't solve the problem of the corporate-government carousel, or the ability for the elite to make politicians rich through insider trading and faux book deals. The solution is to (1) cap earnings, (2) limit campaign donations to personal donations that are capped at a set amount (like 5% of yearly income), and (3) give people the ability to give a vote of no-confidence to politicians in power.

(1) amounts to a 100% marginal tax rate.  No place would ever do that.  The evasive financial maneuvers would boggle the mind.

(2) we do this already, in terms of donations from a person or corporation to a candidate.  But then we say that anyone can create a PAC that takes any amount of post tax income and that PAC can spend its money on whatever political message they want.  The Supreme Court says that any effort to say "PACs can't spend that money" or "PACs can't accept that money" or "PACs can't spread those messages" is a violation of the 1st amendment, and I tend to agree.

(3) I think this is a good idea and would help.  But I think a true round Robin ranked voting system would basically allow us to have a "no confidence" vote and select a new person at the same time.  Uniquely with round Robin, you are comparing the incumbent to each possible alternative separately.

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