I’m really at the point of thinking we need to make being a politician VERY unappealing even. Maybe when you leave office (term limited) you have to give up ALL your possessions and aren’t allowed to get a job or have a Bank account and you have to rely solely on public services for a year.
They’d still do it. That would mean only the wealthy can afford to do it and donors would step in no matter what rules existed. Here in the UK, even our shortest surviving prime minister, whose political reign didn’t outlive a lettuce after she crashed the stock market, makes serious bank now just on the lecture tour etc. Our other PM had a very wealthy spouse and didn’t declare conflicts of interest - nothing was done.
I’m really at the point of thinking we need to make being a politician VERY unappealing even. Maybe when you leave office (term limited) you have to give up ALL your possessions and aren’t allowed to get a job or have a Bank account and you have to rely solely on public services for a year.
Politician should be a term of endearment; a person who dedicates their time to directly improving their communities.
Corrupt politicians are where the problem lies - the solution there is to make a few cuts.
They’d still do it. That would mean only the wealthy can afford to do it and donors would step in no matter what rules existed. Here in the UK, even our shortest surviving prime minister, whose political reign didn’t outlive a lettuce after she crashed the stock market, makes serious bank now just on the lecture tour etc. Our other PM had a very wealthy spouse and didn’t declare conflicts of interest - nothing was done.