return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoBiden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running'www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down119
arrow-up1371arrow-down1external-linkBiden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running'www.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareCosmonauticus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·11 months agoEverything you wrote already happens
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·11 months agoSo how about we think of something that won’t make it worse
minus-squareCosmonauticus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·11 months agoMoney is considered speech, lobbyists already buy politicians and write bills. The only difference would be they’d have to buy a different politician every decade or 2
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoSounds like lobbying should be outlawed.
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·11 months agoIn other words, you don’t think it would improve anything.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoYes. But we should be fixing that, not making it happen more. Thus the analogy of adding gas to an existing fire.
Everything you wrote already happens
So how about we think of something that won’t make it worse
Money is considered speech, lobbyists already buy politicians and write bills. The only difference would be they’d have to buy a different politician every decade or 2
Sounds like lobbying should be outlawed.
In other words, you don’t think it would improve anything.
Yes. But we should be fixing that, not making it happen more. Thus the analogy of adding gas to an existing fire.