SwimExpert
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No, its not. Again (as you keep ignoring it) you are addressing the SYMPTOM. Money does not buy politics for shits and giggles - it does so to access the power to maximize profit and minimize competition. That is why the money is there. Create all the finance reform you want and the monied interest will flow ion with another deal. Perhaps a 7 figure job waiting after the term is up or a 10 million dollar gift to your brother. It does not matter - the fact is that the corruption will continue until you deal with that root of the problem - the power that the government is selling in the first place.The problem is not the money in politics. The problem is that it is profitable to ‘donate’ to your politician.
Right. So, like I said. It's money in politics.....
No. Go back and read it again. There is a big difference. You are trying to treat the SYMPTOM rather than the cause and that is not effective.
Your exact words: "The problem is that it is profitable to ‘donate’ to your politician."
That is money. Plain and simple. No way around it. Stop trying to tap dance around into some nonsensical semantics game. Saying "Well, it's not money, per se, that's the problem. It's the exchange of money that's the problem, and the fact that people get something out of doing it" is a ridiculous attempt to over-nuance the situation into absurdity.
It is not a difference in nuance or semantics. It is a difference in cutting the cancer out or placing a band-aid over it.
Government will always have power. Taking your view, the only solution would be to dissolve government completely.