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2. Please feel free to elaborate. Sure even if we pay more they could still be corrupt

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:03 AM

Apr 2016

But if you pay them well and create laws prohibiting members from working for, speaking to, and colluding with corporations it should make it better for the people and much more difficult to get away with corruption.

Basically a person has to make a choice. Get paid well to work for the people and sacrifice your ability to work for companies that lobby the government or just work for those companies. You can't do both.

I'm sick of the corruption. You don't like my solution I am open to yours.

But if you don't pay them well you know they will get the cash from the corporations.

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Congress & the president should be paid like CEO's. Pay them well or corporations will [View all] think Apr 2016 OP

There are a number of things wrong with this proposal... malthaussen Apr 2016 #1

Please feel free to elaborate. Sure even if we pay more they could still be corrupt think Apr 2016 #2

You are aware, presumably, that the rationale for paying legislators... malthaussen Apr 2016 #3

Singapore did that and made corruption laserhaas Jun 2016 #4