1) No politician will be allowed to accept a donation from a corporation. 2) No politician will be allowed to accept a donation from a citizen who is not a direct part of their home constituency. 3) No bill, rider, or line item will be allowed if it benefits solely citizens from a single state.
Boom. Narrows the focus of the elected officials to the *people* they are supposed to represent. Forces them to spend more time working for inter-state benefits... because let's face it, if they're there at the *federal* level looking for *local* funding, something is wrong.
I'd also eliminate lobbying completely. Corporations can go hang, for all I care.
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Date: 2008-10-03 07:38 pm (UTC)1) No politician will be allowed to accept a donation from a corporation.
2) No politician will be allowed to accept a donation from a citizen who is not a direct part of their home constituency.
3) No bill, rider, or line item will be allowed if it benefits solely citizens from a single state.
Boom. Narrows the focus of the elected officials to the *people* they are supposed to represent. Forces them to spend more time working for inter-state benefits... because let's face it, if they're there at the *federal* level looking for *local* funding, something is wrong.
I'd also eliminate lobbying completely. Corporations can go hang, for all I care.