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Oct 3, 2012 · An image shared on Facebook claims that French author and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville once said, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”
Feb 16, 2024 · Lowering the donation limit to $75 a year would also prohibit wealthy individuals and businesses and lobby groups (including foreign government-sponsored lobby groups) from using big money donations and big money fundraising events as a way of unethically influencing the decisions of politicians and party leaders.
Oct 31, 2024 · change the political climate With the rising cost of living and increasing social and political polarization, we are living through challenging times. Despite this, as Judy Rebick laid out, “while the movements are stronger than we’ve ever seen, the political left is weaker than I’ve ever seen it […] we’re still not seeing any major force that’s speaking out.”
- Corporate donors keep giving despite the January 6 insurrection. The attack in the Capitol was bad enough that some corporations said they would suspend their donations to the sedition caucus.
- Eventually bribery charges catch up to even the most powerful. In June, the Ohio House expelled State Rep. Larry Householder (R), who stands accused in a federal indictment of accepting bribes from First Energy in exchange for actions on legislation when he was the speaker of the Ohio House.
- Foreign money is still illegal in American elections. Lev Parnas (a former associate of Rudy Giuliani) was convicted of violating federal campaign finance laws for, among other things, hiding the foreign source of money that he and his associate Igor Fruman gave to several American politicians, including Florida Gov.
- Donors also need to beware of straight up scammers. It’s a jungle out there. As the price tag for elections continues to rise, so too does the opportunity for fraudsters.
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- Independents May Be The Key
In the 1960s, the eminent scholar Roger Wettenhall argued ministers were accountable for allthat occurred within their departments. This was a recognition that even if ministerial action was not directly responsible for errors, ministers were nonetheless accountable for them. In the most serious cases, there was an expectation that ministers should...
But fast forward to today, and neither Richard Colbeck nor Stuart Robert have resigned over major blunders within their ministries related to aged care and the “robodebt” scandal, respectively. This begs the question why Prime Minister Scott Morrison did not deem it sufficiently important to exact accountability from his ministers for their major m...
Why, then, are so many current politicians willing to dodge taking accountability for their actions? The easy answer is because they can. After all, the government conventions around accountability have no legal force. They have merely been “honoured” by politicians as part of our democratic culture – as sociologist Edgar Schein suggests, it is “th...
In the broader context, voters have shown they are more willing to elect local independents, such as Helen Haines, Rebekha Sharkie and Zali Steggall at the federal level and Roy Butler, Joe McGirr and Helen Dalton in NSW, who are not seen to be in the mould of other politicians. There is clearly a move towards candidates who place a very high value...
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Nov 30, 2020 · Political courage seems to be in short supply these days, whether it's Republicans in the United States refusing to acknowledge the reality of Donald Trump's election defeat or provincial leaders ...
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Sep 10, 2018 · How Money Affects Elections. By Maggie Koerth. Filed under 2018 Election. To quote the great political philosopher Cyndi Lauper, “Money changes everything.” 1. Lauper’s recording was a cover ...
