this country in its present form is beyond redemption

[Notafraidtoo]

152. I don't know how we can do anything until..

campaign finance reform,all elections should be publicly funded,small limited donations(so low that it doesn't matter who you ask for it) and media should be forced to offer free air time for candidates at least public media that use our public airwaves. our representative's spend hours everyday of their time in office asking for money from big donors in order to run for the next election and getting those donations require favors that are almost always against the best interest of the rest of us.

Corporation's write our bills because they paid for our elections,they are taking over our states with very little money( well to them a few mil to control a state is a bargain for a billionaire).

We should set up our campaign funding in this country in such a way that anyone that wins a primary or has enough support from voters can win a election and money has almost no effect on the outcome,I think democracy in the future will be imposable with out this.

I also think that our elected officials should be limited in options after they leave office call it patriotism or the price of service to this country but joining a lobbing firm or getting a ceo job from someone you wrote a bill for or presented a bill by should be illegal.

The incentives for corruption are just too great, remove the incentives then we will get good people who do it because they love our country not for a job afterward.