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Green Party seeks to cap political dontations, stop companies donating (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 week ago by MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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I find myself agreeing with the caping of donations at $30000 but also the public register of lobbyists is a fantastic addition. Get big influence out of our politics!

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[–] RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What if we spread corporate donations across all parties instead.

Ensure the target party gets the largest share of the donation (not necessarily 50%), but all the other parties get a slice of the pie based on their current number of seats.

If you don’t have any seats, you get to keep it all (because you’re either a fringe weirdo, or new and need a leg up).

[–] MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

I think this is how it used to work. If some one donated a lot it acctually got split based on current percentage of seats in the house, not 100% sure hell not even 50% sure but something like that is scratching the back of my thinking cap.

However this is unfair to the smaller parties because of the 5% threshold. Even if Germany is currently proving the 5% threshold dosnt work :(