Corruption is Legal in America Let’s make it Illegal
Corruption is Legal in America Let’s make it Illegal Researchers at Princeton University preformed a study to ask “Does the government represent the people?” They went through 20 years of data from nearly 2000 public opinion surveys and compared it to the policies that ended up becoming law. They concluded: “The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.” “90% of Americans have essentially no impact at all.” Take an idea that has very little public support (say 5%) and there’s a 30% likelihood of it becoming federal law. Take… Continue reading
