PO 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Pork Barrel, Political Action Committee, Wayfair
14 Feb 2019
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Brick and mortar retailers: consumers don"t have to pay taxes when they buy on online . So customers opt to shop online, which hurts our bottom line. Do online retailers have to pay taxes even if they don"t have a physical presence. The least transparent branch; the judicial branch. Secrecy is more conducive to a government. An excess of democracy; voters know to much. By letting citizens see more, we"re telling voters too much. It hinders debate between legislators gonna their reps more accountable. A lack of transparency will lead to corruption. There are no solutions only trade offs. The reason why he thinks secrecy is better; they would comprise more to be more bipartisan. Earmarks and pork barrel spending makes government better. Everyone wins; they get more money for their constituents. Political parties, should be able to raise and spend money with no limits. Super pacs can rise enormous amounts of money to a candidate.
