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onceuponaflagstaff 2 points ago +2 / -0

Ben Franklin made a motion to make the executive an unpaid position, it was seconded by John Jay, IIRC, then was never discussed

He said something along the lines of making a position of wealth also and position of power, and men would move heaven and earth to obtain it. Something about adding avarice to ambition.

Source: my vague memories of the anti-federalist papers

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t-ara-fan 2 points ago +2 / -0

How did the Founding Fathers handle insider trading?

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Delirious133 2 points ago +2 / -0

Elected official should never be able to vote on a law that they are exempt from

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AreYouDoingYourPart 2 points ago +2 / -0

Pedes, take this to the top. After we get our 2nd Independence Day on January 6th, we are in for a marathon fixing shit. It will take years. This info here is important. I did not know about this before. Did you?

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Damiano 0 points ago +2 / -2

Politics should not be anyone’s career.

And fuck term limits. If we can ever get votes to matter again, people need to wake the fuck up and stop voting by whatever initial comes after anyone’s name or for people just because they have the same last name.