May I Attempt to Predict America's Political Future?

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12. I'm not as concerned about average Republicans.

Eventually, fewer people will be in the Republican Party. I’m more concerned about the corporate takeover of the government that has been going on for decades. Corporate automatically means the wealthy because they are the ones who hold the bulk of the stock. We will soon have a Supreme Court that will be a solid 5-person majority of conservatives who support that corporate takeover. If and when Democrats take control again, we need to try to get some of the money out of politics by funding all federal elections and setting strict limits on donations from outside groups on behalf of candidates, as in a total dollar amount as a per-group limit will just result in thousands more groups. I’m not sure how this gets accomplished, but wealthy donors cannt be allowed to continue undermining democracy. The other rule that needs to be passed is that no person working in government may take a position as a lobbyist for 5 years. That would cut down on loose regulation in hopes of getting a lucrative job after government service. These sound like pipe dreams, but we have to start somewhere.