Would mandating transparency on all transactions above, hmmmm..... say 1,000,000 USD lower corruption and improve the quality of the governments worldwide?
No.
Mandating transparency of the finances of all politicians after they take office might.
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So all of the sudden you do want to see Trump's tax returns?Originally Posted by Swordsmyth
Holding your breath?
IF the law is changed so that ALL politicians have to have transparent finances AFTER they take office.
And I am not holding my breath, it would take a massive movement to demand it before politicians would pass such a law.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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So politicians being forced to make their finances transparent would be good, but a tradition of presidential candidates voluntarily releasing tax returns is bad.
Can you explain why without kissing Trump's ass?
Who said it is bad?
Since when does tradition have the force of law?
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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I need a little more clarification. Just government transactions? All transactions?
"The Patriarch"
All transactions.
No.
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