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You realize that’s the argument they made about Trump, right? “Having no money encourages corruption.” But Trump has money, so he’s less likely to be corrupt.
That is not directly related to what I was saying, no. I did not imply that people with money won't be corrupt.
All available evidence indicates that corruption is independent of salary (or wealth) and needs to be addressed separately.
The stock-trading ban and the low salary address the different issue of venal candidates. We need to do everything possible to keep money-grubbers out of the halls of Congress and in the private sector where the damage these creatures do can be contained.