General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe root of ALL of our problems starts with:
money in politics. We should vow to never vote for another politician until they fix the corruption and stop taking money.
Can we have public funded elections and no more 2 f-Ing year campaigns? Can we stop going after donations immediately after an election? Politicians shouldn't be fundraising, they should be working for us who already pay them a huge wage.
How do we get this done? It's the root before anything can get better!!!!
still_one
(91,943 posts)Rage4Bacon
(43 posts)Out of those 2 words... money and politics... I would think the root problem would be "politics".
onecaliberal
(32,478 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)The Populist movement in this year's election stems from a growing frustration by supporters of both Parties. Maybe Trump will help with this because after seeing his cabinet nominations it cannot but help to increase the demand for politicians who haven't been bought off by the Plutocrats and corporations.
Johnathan146
(141 posts)I think he kind of showed that money doesn't always buy votes. I think Hillary spent more than twice as much as Don for each vote they received.
doc03
(35,148 posts)rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)rainy
(6,083 posts)rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)to find the post deleted or the poster tombstoned.
Bot (no sic) what do I know? Sounded like Orange Julius Caesar bragging to me.
NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)A failing of human beings is believing what tends to get repeated, and what they are exposed to.
Then it gets even more complicated - into belief systems rather than critical thinking etc.
No easy answers.