[ "To put this into perspective, if 1,000 geeks cared to come up with $500 each and contribute it under the name of a single organization, Feinstein would be a fanatic P2P advocate, even if she can't spell P2P." ]
A clever idea, and well worth considering in some cases, but you have to remember that politicians aren't for sale at a fixed price; they're up for auction to the highest bidder.
The current bid for Feinstein et al.'s loyalty is only this low because the RIAA has no competing bidders at the moment. In situations such as this one, where you're up against such massive sources of wealth, it would be nothing for our competitors in the auctioning off of Feinstein's votes to step up their bids by a factor of 100 if they wanted to win the prize badly enough. We're well out of our league here.
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[ "To put this into perspective, if 1,000 geeks cared to come up with $500 each and contribute it under the name of a single organization, Feinstein would be a fanatic P2P advocate, even if she can't spell P2P." ]
A clever idea, and well worth considering in some cases, but you have to remember that politicians aren't for sale at a fixed price; they're up for auction to the highest bidder.
The current bid for Feinstein et al.'s loyalty is only this low because the RIAA has no competing bidders at the moment. In situations such as this one, where you're up against such massive sources of wealth, it would be nothing for our competitors in the auctioning off of Feinstein's votes to step up their bids by a factor of 100 if they wanted to win the prize badly enough. We're well out of our league here.