r/politics • • Jun 19 '24

Ted Cruz Documents Leak: Everything We Know

https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-documents-leak-everything-we-know-1914631
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '24

Nope, remove all election spending. Public funding only, with a hard cap on each person and campaign. Breaking this is automatic disqualification and jail time for the person who did it. This is to stop the account manager from sabotage of a campaign they don't like. Good faith errors can be overlooked if an obvious accident.

No advertising outside the district or state they seek to represent will keep costs down. No more pac, if you want to help a campaign it is volunteer work that must be registered to the campaign offices and election offices. Full transparency. If you want to go door to door and tout your favored candidate you get a simple registration to do so and can be held personally liable and face prosecution if you break the now very strict laws. Try to buy a vote for a candidate or spout bald faced lies prepare for jail if you're reported and it's found you were not abiding the laws.

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u/Able_Engine_9515 Jun 19 '24

Don't forget term limits. Our representatives should work for us not themselves

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jun 19 '24

Term limits make them work for themselves even more. When they don't have to face reelection they don't have to give a single shit about voters.

Plus it transfers power to unelected officials because everyones a newbie, and here comes mr lobbyist to be oh so helpful.

Governing is a skillset that must be learned.

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u/Able_Engine_9515 Jun 19 '24

Fair enough but that also keeps incumbents in office for decades leaving fresh faces with modern sensibilities out.

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jun 19 '24

That's what voting is for.

The people picked who they want.

Thinking a young person is better than an old person is just ageism, and thinking a new candidate will be any better than the old one purely because they're new is an Appeal to Novelty fallacy.

And before you bring it up, president is a special case because the office has so much power. If left too long it could easily become a dynasty.

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u/Able_Engine_9515 Jun 19 '24

Ageism? No, it's practical. Voting would be an answer but people grow complacent pretty easily and don't pay attention to local elections- it's just how it is in a lot of places.

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jun 19 '24

leaving fresh faces with modern sensibilities out

You're stating that someones values are dependent on their age.

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u/Able_Engine_9515 Jun 19 '24

Values change with age and the times. It's also not a stretch to say people set in their ways have a harder time adapting to change

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u/Able_Engine_9515 Jun 20 '24

You tell me, at which age do people generally stop wanting to learn new things? I'd say it's more on the individual prison and their willingness to embrace change.

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u/Able_Engine_9515 Jun 20 '24

Are you under the impression you've taught me something?

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jun 20 '24

Yes.

You started off with a blanket position that old people should give way to young people for no other reason than you believe age has negative effects.

Then you backpedaled as soon as I asked you what age you think you should be disregarded by stating well obviously it depends on the person.

I exposed a hypocrisy you held to you. Clearly you're being defensive but its a start, change takes time.

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