Most Americans Say Government Doesn’t Do Enough to Help Middle Class
This is why campaign finance is the #1 problem facing American democracy today. It&#x27;s not about the election, it&#x27;s the re-election. It&#x27;s about the sausage-making. Even if you come to Washington without the support of wealthy donors, you will have to work with people who do. Representatives in the pockets of special interests will favor them because those are the groups that truly hold politicians accountable, because losing re-election is akin to flushing a political career down the toilet. So policy tends to favor the special interests, even when the popular majority opposes it.<p>I do not believe it is possible for a powerful state like America to avoid corruption, because high concentrations of power insulate themselves from accountability (which is a threat to power like any other), and it takes immense power to reap immense benefits (whether those benefits reach the general population or are at the expense of others is a different story, like the CIA-backed coup in 1950s Guatemala which broke the back of local communists&#x2F;socialists and ensured greater profits for United Fruit Company and lower costs to American consumers).<p>Therefore, I advocate a citizen&#x27;s veto amendment, allowing the public to reject laws passed by representatives who only give a damn about the constituents during election season. If corporations and wealthy individuals are going to control Congress and the Executive, the people ought to retain the right to say no.