Politicians should lose access to all of their prior assets, receive only minimum wage, and be given only the benefits that are available to the unemployed for the time they're in office.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My take is that they should lose access to their assets, get a nominal wage plus housing/their needs tended to, and after they retire be given a pension and never allowed to take up other employment, including accepting fees for public speaking etc.

Being offered a sinecure position after they stop working as a politician is, I think, a major form of bribery.

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How will this be enforced? Can't even take the president's shitty hotels, how will you enforce this for tens of thousands of people?

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Oh I know, since the people currently in office have no reason to change the system that benefits them, it'd have to be post-revolution at which point it doesn't matter anyway.

Which in a way is kinda the point. If one were a liberal who wanted to get rid of corruption in the current system, they'd have to push for something like this, which would be seen as outlandish.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It would mean that the only people who could afford to be politicians would be capitalists and their hirelings.

[–] witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 8 months ago

That's already the result, though.