Ban "donations". It's obvious corruption and everyone knows it, but everyone with enough power to change it is already corrupt. Politicians shouldn't be allowed to accept money from anybody for any reason.

Politicians shouldn't be allowed to vote on issues where there's a conflict of interest just like a jury

Lol they are elected to vote on things

Thats literally how the system works

He lives in this planet. Conflict of interest

Politicians are elected *because* of their interests

If he had no side in the topic at hand, why would people elect him in the first place?

Nah, small-ish donations from individuals are OK. Anything other than that should be banned.

I can get behind that

Though I think the US is particularly bad in this regard.

Regardless of what you think about Clinton, she was obviously still a part of her foundation and probably used it's expense account for personal reasons. I don't see how that's not illegal

Individuals rarely are the ones donating it is almost exclusively corporations and foreign states

@Fitzydog because its a charity which is given a high degree of privacy, making it easier to funnel money into re-election campaigns.

@radeon I know how, I'm just asking why was she allowed to still be on their board/payroll. Trump can't do HIS business while in office, why was she?

Because it's "non profit"?

If you check the Wikipedia page on Wages in Europe Turkey has almost reached Moldovan wages...

I would understand that reference if I could point out Moldova on a map...

Lol this was decided by the supream court a long time ago

Donations are free speech

Even by corperations

Which is bullshit

How

Ahh, but what wasn't decided was whether politicians can be limited in what they can *accept*

Capital doesn't have voting rights, people do.

What do you think is worth more?

The time spent of the media talking about you?

Or hard cash?

Time spent

Should we restrict the Young Turks for supporting bernie

Because that is worth more to him than cold hard cash

Should we put a restriction on how much the media talks about politicians?

Just because it can't be dealt with perfectly doesn't mean it should be left alone.

Where does it end?

You can't limit people's speech. But you can limit what federal employees do

It ends with politicians.

Once you start restricting what people can donate too

Can i not give money to the NRA?

Is the NRA a politician?

Corporations aren't people

They support politicians

this wouldn't restrict people giving donations, it would restrict corps.