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HDSpiele t1_j9nm3vn wrote

Reply to comment by DickweedMcGee in Lawmakers might ban dogs from sticking their heads out of car windows by TheAngryBlackGuy

The reason why we pay them so much is that is harder to bribe them who is easier to bribe an avrage Joe or a millionaire. With that you filter out the smaller group that would want to bribe their poletician and only leave massive lobbys.

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donkeylipsh t1_j9p44dy wrote

The millionaire is easier to bribe. Every. Fucking. Time.

Study after study has proven that the poorest among us are the most likely to pass up personal reward to help those around them. And the richest among us, are the most likely to choose personal rewards at the expense of others.

And let's not even get into the problem that comes with limiting our pool of political candidates to millionaires. It's almost as if you end up with a system that completely favors millionaires.

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DickweedMcGee t1_j9r0891 wrote

We all fall into the trap from time to time where we think a succcessfull businessman would make a good politician. They're good with money, makes sense right? Wrong. You need a stronger sense of duty, responsibility to the public and ethics. Thats not the focus of a for-profit company, by its nature. Thats why military officers actually make good politicians. And we've gotten away from that for some reason. And don't discount career politicians. They're still sxuzzy, but they have better instincts about maintaining govt service. It seems like all the schmucks that are trying to transition into govt from private industry feel like they need t make 'big waves' and fuck around with laws and upend everything to make up for their lack of experience and accomplishments.

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HDSpiele t1_j9r0umx wrote

A ceo also needs to have the same incorruptible nature as what prevents a rival company from paying a ceo millions of dollars to steer their company into the ground so that the rival company looses competition. The only reason why ceos do not accept bribes is because they are payed so darn well.

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