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> Politicians should start Patreon campaigns to get livable wages from supporters and then just execute on what they stand for.

How little do you think politicians make? I don't know of any poor politicians at the federal level.

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Average net worth is $1MM [0]. Funny how they're "representative" of the people when median income is $35k/year [1] and most Americans don't have $1k in savings [2].

[0] http://moneynation.com/the-net-worth-of-congress/

[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/11...

[2] https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/25/how-much-does-the-...

Politicians are looking for people to represent. Democrats in 2016 was textbook example of that. Not the kind of people I was referring to in my comment. To be fair to you, I did say "Politicians should...".

I would like to rephrase that as Representatives among people should start patreon campaigns. People should choose a person among them to represent them and really believes in what they want, not give in to an professional politician looking to represent you no matter what their individual beliefs.

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