wouldn’t that be British meddling in our election? I’d like to see all foreign meddling made illegal. Whether it’s Israel, China, Mexico, Russia, or anyplace else. Anyone caught taking money from or accepting gifts from any foreign interest peddlers, should go straight to jail, do not pass go.
“I’d like to see all foreign meddling made illegal”
I understand the sentiment, but get real. The United States has a great impact on countries all over the world. For now at least, we are still the big dog. To expect other countries to refrain from trying to influence what we do that affects them is hopeless. Each country will try to influence us because it is so strongly in their interests to do so, and this definitely includes our elections. It’s like political campaign spending and activities in general. Try to regulate one form of it, and it will find other forms instead, in a never ending arms race where the advantage is to the nimble innovators opening new breaches and not to the regulators patching yesterday’s holes. Rather than trying to make it illegal for other countries to follow their own national interests in trying to affect what we do, I would favor maximum sunshine on everybody’s efforts to shape us and manipulate us, both foreign and domestic. But “reporting requirements” are just another arena for arms races between regulators and regulation-evaders. In the end, it is up to individual voters to figure out as best they can what is going on. In other words, think for yourself and when considering the thoughts of others, let the buyer beware.