Change Ideas

Compulsory voting just means voters must show up. They can cast blank ballots. Punishments for not showing can be small but must be enforced. Compulsory voting encourages politicians to consider the needs of all voters, forces governments to make it easier to vote, and encourages voters to get informed. The benefits outweigh the inconvenience of showing up every few years.

Allowing individuals to donate to political parties favors the wealthy. It distracts political parties from doing their jobs. The amount parties can charge for memberships must be regulated to avoid a loophole. Individuals must not be able to self-fund their own parties or campaigns. Penalties must rise with wealth or income and escalate for repeat offenses. Learn more at https://changeideas.org/

The only source of funding for political parties must come directly from votes. This avoids the influence of corporations and wealthy individuals donating to political parties. It aligns the interests of political parties with citizens. It will force political parties to focus on policies that voters want. Learn more at https://changeideas.org/

There must be a complete ban on corporate support for political parties. Direct or indirect, financial or non-financial. No exceptions. It must ban corporate support for all other types of organizations. Establish transparent advisory bodies where corporations can voice needs and concerns to public decision makers.

Corporate money and wealthy interests in politics block solutions to problems. We must ban all donations, have public financing of political parties via votes, and stop the revolving door between corporations and government. We need a separation of corporation and state. Learn more at https://changeideas.org/

We need a separation between corporation and state. Corporations support political parties because they want something in return. It is not the general welfare of citizens. Corporate influence prevents us from addressing major problems facing society. We would all be better off without this corruption in our political systems. Learn more at https://changeideas.org/