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by xbzbanna 3161 days ago
So the people who are the most articulate, beautiful, connected, and who have the free time will be successful lobbying for their own interests, but won't be able to rent out their time to lobby for others.
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Well it's not a total fix for our broken system - there's a lot more fixes I could list here to help remove money from the political system - publically funded elections, ranked choice voting, total PAC transparency, etc. - but it would be better than what we have now which is the people with the most $$$ being successful in lobbying for their interests.