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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
Seems to me the whole system is currupt. What's left??  |
Yes, the whole system is corrupt. We need a system of publicly funded elections.
In the current system, money buys elections. Any candidate who does not cater to those with money and to big business will end up not raising enough money to win election. That leaves the poor and middle class with very little voice in our political system.
What you need to do is to do some research prior to voting. There plenty of good candidates out there who do not take money from the special interests. They obviously do not raise much money, and therefore cannot advertise, so you may not hear about them. But they are on the ballot, and htey have a platform that they run on. If you look on the internet before election time, you can read about them all, and if you go to their websites and register, they will send you some literature on themselves.
That's what I always do, and I have never voted for a Democrat or Republican in any election. But I always do vote. If more people did what I do, I suspect that the third parties would have more of a voice in our system. Whether or not they would become corrupt at that point remains to be seen.