# Give me the standard response to this accusation of corruption?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 5, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-the-standard-response-to-this-accusation-of-corruption/953853 "2021-11-05T19:21:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-the-standard-response-to-this-accusation-of-corruption/953853/59 "2021-11-09T20:10:11Z")

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> [@CairoCarol](#):
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> you want Congress people to have zero income after they assume office. Suppose someone is not re-elected. Are they now supposed to never hold a job again?

We just had that discussion… [rummages through papers]

Here:

> [@What if politicians were required to live like their constituents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-politicians-were-required-to-live-like-their-constituents/949781):
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> For a while, I’ve been pondering if a good way to fix politics would be to require those in charge of policy to live like those they create that policy for. Sadly I can’t imagine a way to get there from where we are, but setting aside the feasibility of it, I would be interested in speculating on what effects it would have, as well as what the best ruleset for achieving the desired goal would be. The desired goal in this case is specifically: Politicians - specifically, any elected official, a…

~Max

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