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by Fatnino 694 days ago
Doesn't matter who you buy into the whitehouse, you also need to buy the majority in both houses of congress for anything to get done.

This is prohibitively expensive for anyone, even the largest corporations.
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practicemaths 694 days ago
It's not too expensive to start paying for fundraising dinners for your local representatives, mayors, congress persons, etc.

You can help get people elected into local positions that align with your interests. AND some of those people will continue to build their career in politics and may become Senator or Governor someday.

That's influence. That's buying into the system to make it how you think things will be better.

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Fatnino 693 days ago
My house rep has been in office for over 30 years. And my city doesn't directly elect the mayor.

Such is life in Palo Alto.

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practicemaths 692 days ago
Too bad there aren't County and other elections out there.

It appears that Palo Alto has elections for city council every 4 years.

Here's an election guide:

https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City-Clerk/Munici...

https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City-Clerk/Munici...

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