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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by hanniabu on Friday June 22, 2018 @04:17PM (#17377009)
Removing lobbyists, removing buyable politicians, electing politicians that believe in science
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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by jjoonathan on Friday June 22, 2018 @05:16PM (#17377440)
Remove the mandatory bribe quota first and the politicians will follow.
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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by mac01021 on Saturday June 23, 2018 @06:30PM (#17383796)
Mandatory bribe quota?
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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by jjoonathan on Sunday June 24, 2018 @04:17PM (#17388206)
You need X amount of money to run a campaign and you get money primarily by accepting campaign contributions from completely charitable wealthy donors and interest groups whose objectives just happen to align with your political ideology.

If you chop out the euphemisms and rationalization, it's a mandatory bribe quota.

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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by mac01021 on Monday June 25, 2018 @03:06AM (#17390468)
What is the order of magnitude of X?
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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by jjoonathan on Thursday June 28, 2018 @07:57AM (#17416110)
A few million for a senate or house seat. The total cost of the election is several billion. Peanuts in comparison to what lobbyists get in return. It would be extremely economical for us taxpayers to fund it ourselves.

https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/index.php?cycle=2018&di...

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