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Re: 4 Nov 2008 - "Fire the incumbents day"
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Originally Posted by daddio
The money in question is campaign contributions. So long as it takes lots of money to get elected, the legislator will become corrupt. Take that money out of the equation and honor can return to the process.
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That would be unconstitutional. People have a right to not have govt restrict free speech. Also, the problem is still that we let them get away with it. We do not need laws to cleanup govt. We need people to stop being stupid.
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-Thomas Jefferson
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