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It's obvious that, in America at this point, the rich and the corporations and their finances are what really matter to American politicians:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpoli...sperate-by-conservatives-sensible-by-liberals
Republicans don't want to raise taxes on millionaires--and even Democrats, many Democrats, are afraid of raising taxes on the wealthy (not necessarily millionaires, but the upper middle-class) because raising taxes on the well-off would garner their ire. The wealthy, the well-off, the investors and corporations make campaign contributions. Those contributions are very, very important to re-election--whether you're a Democrat or a Republican politician, you don't want to anger the folks writing the big checks, right?
I say, let's acknowledge that fully--let's just go ahead and do away with this pretense of vote-based democracy.
Let's quit pretending like money *isn't* the most important aspect of American elections.
My suggestion: do away with voting altogether. Just get rid of it. Instead, have the major-party candidates (and obscure-party guys too, if they think it's worth a shot) raise funds like they always do. During the election season, they all raise as much cash as possible. There will be no limits to the amount any person or corporation can donate; let's turn it into a fiscal orgy.
Candidates are allowed to spend as much as they please on TV ads, Internet sites, signs, etc.
Then, on election day--instead of counting up votes--we count up which candidate has the most cash left, minus advertising etc. expenses.
The candidate who has the most cash wins. Period. The end.
The upside of it? After the election, the winner AND the losers are required to donate their left-over money to charity.
Let's replace vote-based democracy with simple, direct, cash-based democracy.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpoli...sperate-by-conservatives-sensible-by-liberals
Republicans don't want to raise taxes on millionaires--and even Democrats, many Democrats, are afraid of raising taxes on the wealthy (not necessarily millionaires, but the upper middle-class) because raising taxes on the well-off would garner their ire. The wealthy, the well-off, the investors and corporations make campaign contributions. Those contributions are very, very important to re-election--whether you're a Democrat or a Republican politician, you don't want to anger the folks writing the big checks, right?
I say, let's acknowledge that fully--let's just go ahead and do away with this pretense of vote-based democracy.
Let's quit pretending like money *isn't* the most important aspect of American elections.
My suggestion: do away with voting altogether. Just get rid of it. Instead, have the major-party candidates (and obscure-party guys too, if they think it's worth a shot) raise funds like they always do. During the election season, they all raise as much cash as possible. There will be no limits to the amount any person or corporation can donate; let's turn it into a fiscal orgy.
Candidates are allowed to spend as much as they please on TV ads, Internet sites, signs, etc.
Then, on election day--instead of counting up votes--we count up which candidate has the most cash left, minus advertising etc. expenses.
The candidate who has the most cash wins. Period. The end.
The upside of it? After the election, the winner AND the losers are required to donate their left-over money to charity.
Let's replace vote-based democracy with simple, direct, cash-based democracy.
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