ChristianKl comments on On saving the world - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 01 February 2014 12:39:57PM 1 point [-]

I don't think it's a question of paying more and getting less but of being less certain about the payout.

If you have a policy of giving high paying jobs to people who end their political career if they furthered the interests of your company, you aren't certain about the payoff of that spending.

On average it will motivate politicians to further your course but it's a gamble. It requires a relationship of trust between the politicians and the companies doing the hiring.

Only big actors can have those relationships. You might be right that total money spent goes down but that's not the thing we really care about. We care about the amount that policy get's influenced by special interests.