It seems to me that outlawing lobbying would greatly improve our federal government (all other government, too, but I'll leave that for another discussion). If you have a good idea or want the feds to consider a certain action, write or email them. If they're interested or need more information, they'll get back to you. No $$ or other compensation of any kind should be allowed. Too many in our Congress are being bought off. Can Elon and Vivek take a look at this?
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You could cut all official lobbying. But politicians would still receive unofficial donations, gifts, offshore accounts. They will find ways to hide it, give it to family members, there’s a will there’s a way. The only way to eliminate it is to vote in honest members.
Yes. But then if they accept ANYTHING and we find out, they can be punished. Make the punishment big enough and maybe politicians will "remember" that they're there to serve the public, not to get rich or garner influence. We're going to have to make some changes if we want to "keep" our new/corrected republic, as Ben Franklin once said.
Need some way to audit them and their immediate families. Maybe make public service more like a vocation where they have to relinquish personal property for X years. I still think the constitution should be amended for only one term for congress, figure out what’s an appropriate length 2,4,6 years. Eliminates all re-election bids. Campaigning should have a dollar cap an be limited to 4 months prior to the election…