Politicians use the exact same companies and tactics to solicit votes, so why would they fight against themselves?
A politician's job is to stay in power and work towards their reelection, not make your life better. In some cases those goals happen to align but that's merely coincidence and should not be taken for granted.
In this case, effective anti-robocall legislation would also work against their own interests.
> Politicians use the exact same companies and tactics to solicit votes, so why would they fight against themselves?
Say what you will, the 27th Amendment passed. (IE: makes it constitutionally illegal for Representatives to give themselves payraises immediately. They have to give pay-raises for the _next_ congress, which means it may give a pay-raise to the opponent if they lose the election).
Politicians do, and have, been forced by the people to make bad choices for themselves for the good of the country. And its not like its an easy thing to pass a Constitutional Amendment like the 27th.
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We also used to have very strong laws with regards to campaign finance. It was actually our judges who took those laws away in the Citizen's United case.
But our politicians actually put those laws into place to allow the people to trust them more during campaign finance season.
Etc. etc. Plenty of examples. All we need is to convince enough people that a particular law is a good idea, and then that law will happen.
Sure, but the Congress that approved it never felt its consequences because it took another 200 years for it to become ratified. So the first group it affected was definitely not the same group that voted for it.
The salary is not the primary compensation. It's the network, the favors/jobs for friends and family, and the cash-out reward position taken after leaving office.
I think this is overly cynical. The playing field would be level with or without these companies existing.
This is one of many problems where the profits are concentrated among a few players highly motivated to preserve their existence, at the expense of annoyance among vast numbers of people but not to the degree that they act.
Politicians do not use the same companies. There are very specific firms that primarily handle political communications and text messages and phone calls.
And political communications are exempt from CAN-SPAM
A politician's job is to stay in power and work towards their reelection, not make your life better. In some cases those goals happen to align but that's merely coincidence and should not be taken for granted.
In this case, effective anti-robocall legislation would also work against their own interests.