Is there a better solution?
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Make the families of elected officials divulge their fiscal situation? I don’t see that happening.
How about we limit government & stop letting elected officials inappropriately impact the economy with all of the legislation they pass every year? Would that do the trick?
Not likely to happen, so that doesn’t solve anything either.
We have this backwards.
All politicians should serve their legislative terms in prison—and conduct business from there.
When they are ready to retire they have to prove they did not steal or they stay in prison.
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So, there is no perfect solution is there?
Note the word PERFECT.
Corruption can never be eliminated but it is the nature of man. But it can be reduced.
1) There are things that can be done to reduce it as our Founding Fathers designed. They were big believers in state and local power. It was closer to use to change things.
Define the problem well. It is the centralized govt that is the problem. It is better to have 10 corrupt states and 40 states really solving problems. Competition among states for ideas and let the market decide. eventually the corrupt ones will kill themselves as most parisites do. We then rebuild, that is the nature of history.
The best think that could happen is that our centralized govt go bankrupt and power goes back to the states. Will that eliminate corruption, Hell no. But it is closer to us to control.
In the meantime, do what you can to move power back to the states and your local community. It is a long battle to change things, it will take a generation.
IGNORE THE FED GOVT and their laws. Some states are doing this now.
2) Shine the light on corruption. It used to be a free press that did this. We can create a free press. Will take a lot of time and warriors to do this. It being done now. Support them.
3) Personally, you educate ONE person in your life, and then you find another. We have this problem because we did not educate the next generation.
4) Other ideas?