[josh_carterPDX]

The FAA is bad, but I would say the FDA is worse.

Any industry in which you have companies actually writing the text of the regulations used to oversee them is a recipe for disaster.

Sadly it usually takes a tragedy to highlight these egregious systems that exist in our country. We also need to get lobbyists out of Washington so that the real impactful work can begin to separate the government agencies from the companies they're meant to regulate.

[istjohn]

We need to get money out of politics.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

How so? The systems I develop are subject to IEC-62304 (https://www.iso.org/standard/38421.html). What about that is written by companies? Which companies?

[randomdata]

> We also need to get lobbyists out of Washington

You can't have (representative) democracy without lobbying. It is not that you need to get the lobbyists out, you need to convince more lobbyists in. It is likely that the average Joe has not talked to their representatives even just once, let alone on the ongoing basis necessary to fulfill the demands of democracy.

[NickC25]

Correct - but you CAN get corporate lobbyists and industry lobbyists out of Washington.

Simply mandate that lobbying must be done on behalf of natural citizens and ONLY natural citizens, and limit the lobbying to be done on behalf of citizens with only a $ net worth or under.

If a billionaire complains about not being able to buy a couple senators, well, too fucking bad. I'd GLADLY give up my ability to corrupt government officials if you gave me a billion dollars.