I’ve never heard anyone make a passionate case for keeping “money in politics” never heard anybody defend Citizens United. From left to right voters agree: lobbyists & big money are bad.
Problem is: “from left to right” politicians don’t want to talk about it. They don’t agree. Same for the rule to stop congress members from holding stock. They benefit too much & are too certain of their incorruptibility even as the whole institution sinks.
How do we extract ourselves from this oubliette?
@futurebird We pass campaign finance laws at the local level and work upward. For example:
https://www.portland.gov/elections/campaign-finance
Bills to ban congressional trading are regularly introduced -- we "just" need to elect more people who will support them.
