Voting for someone who then turns around and votes against them is a scam.
The solution to corruption is democracy and make everyone vote count. In blockchain times easy done.
Self-govenment the locical sensible solution.
Topic: hypothetical solution of corruption in politics - page 3. (Read 361 times)
Some time ago I was thinking about corrupted politicians in democratic countries and how to prevent this phenomenon. Things like big salary is to prevent corruption doesn't work, so why not to take all salary from them? In brief it should look like this...
Politicians and their families cannot have and manipulate with finance of any kind at all. After elections all their present property will be nationalized. During the political service all their life costs will be paid from public funds, so as the living, which will be taken after the service. They will be motivated to rule well to rule as long as possible, because absence of any finance will effectively prevent from hoarding resources for later. After the service they will get some minimal one-shot retirement - for example one-year average salary.
What do you think about this? Can it works?
Politicians and their families cannot have and manipulate with finance of any kind at all. After elections all their present property will be nationalized. During the political service all their life costs will be paid from public funds, so as the living, which will be taken after the service. They will be motivated to rule well to rule as long as possible, because absence of any finance will effectively prevent from hoarding resources for later. After the service they will get some minimal one-shot retirement - for example one-year average salary.
What do you think about this? Can it works?
First of all, politicians should be licensed, pass professional exams (something like the FSO test, plus law and ethics).
As for their (or their family) net worth, it should be evaluated before they take office and every year after they leave office.
Basically, give them (and their family members) a tax audit every year, until they or their family members die.
Any politican or public servant who is a member of a "private members club" or who has any conflict of interest where they are open to corruption or bribery through lobby groups should be ruled out as a candidate for public service. Politicans should have an oversight body that is independent of political bias with the power to fire public servants and politicans who are in breach of their contract and the constitution.
Corruption is indeed a disease that is detrimental, not only in an agency, it can even harm the whole country. Preventing by giving big paychecks probably won't work. It is human nature to always be greedy with wealth. The higher the salary, the more motivated they are for corruption. Maybe it would be more appropriate to punish him severely or the death penalty.
I think at heart it's a good idea. I see two immediate problems, however. First, you're basically chasing away anyone who has already accumulated some wealth. Although they have got problems, enterprising people have got good ideas for how to run a country. Second, there's no way special interest groups wouldn't find a way to effectively bribe politicians – a Super PAC pays for their granddaughter's tuition to Harvard, for example.
Some time ago I was thinking about corrupted politicians in democratic countries and how to prevent this phenomenon. Things like big salary is to prevent corruption doesn't work, so why not to take all salary from them? In brief it should look like this...
Politicians and their families cannot have and manipulate with finance of any kind at all. After elections all their present property will be nationalized. During the political service all their life costs will be paid from public funds, so as the living, which will be taken after the service. They will be motivated to rule well to rule as long as possible, because absence of any finance will effectively prevent from hoarding resources for later. After the service they will get some minimal one-shot retirement - for example one-year average salary.
What do you think about this? Can it works?
Politicians and their families cannot have and manipulate with finance of any kind at all. After elections all their present property will be nationalized. During the political service all their life costs will be paid from public funds, so as the living, which will be taken after the service. They will be motivated to rule well to rule as long as possible, because absence of any finance will effectively prevent from hoarding resources for later. After the service they will get some minimal one-shot retirement - for example one-year average salary.
What do you think about this? Can it works?
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