snyps said:
Kasz216 said:
1) What you took from the websites was correct. You just read it incorrectly... it doesn't say what you believe it says.
2) Can a representative run to be a central banker in Iceland? No.
They elect the supervisory board... from people they nominate.
Who by the way actually isn't the head of the Icelandic Central Bank.
That would be the Governor and Vice Govoner. (Who are appointed by the prime minister.)
Additionally, and you'll appreciate this. The recent changes made by the pots and pans revolution?
A big new requriement is that toto be head of the Icelandic central bank, requring you to have a masters degree in economics and have a lot of of expeirence as a banker or some other similar position.
You see David Oddson one of the former govonors, didn't actually have a degree in economics... and people saw that and thought "Man its be crazy to not have someone who is a banker to be head of the central bank."
3) Donaters for what? He's already elected, that money is already spent, and he doesn't need anymore to get elected.
As for it being easier to bribe one president vs numerous congressmen.
Quite the opposite. Presidential elections are WAY more expensive and generally always competitive. So you have to play both sides... and not only both sides, but you have to pick the right primary candidate as well. Or at least spread it out to a couple.
Congressional canidates however are mostly handpicked by the party without a primary challenge, or at least without a real one... and like half the districts aren't even competitive.
Making it really cheap, easy and low risk to bribe a bunch of senators. (if you believe in that sort of thing as oposed to just... companies give money to people who believe the same things they do. Which just makes more sense.)
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1) One says confirmed by representatives, the other elected by representatives. There is a difference, the difference is where the power with congress or the president. You choose not to see it.
2) If the representatives can not run for election to be on the board then please provide a source. I couldn't find one, Could you please? However, even if they can only nominate and elect non-representatives that power to do so still resides in their parliament. Not the prime minister. The pm can pick the chair but not the entire board! Too much power in the executive branch is one of the reasons our fathers fought a revolution.
3) I believe it is more difficult to buy hundreds of candidates vs. two because of the logistics. Operationally, two is easier to manage.
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1) It's not really much of a difference... and again. You aren't even talking about the head of the Icelandic Fed. That'd be the Govoners.
2) How about the fact that none of the members on the board are representatives and never have been?
Also. The Govenor is not head of the Supervisory Board.
The Chairmain of the Supervisory Board is the head of the supervisory board
The Govoner and Vice Govoner are head of the Icelandic banks. There are only 2 (previously 3) instead of 12, beacuse there are much much fewer banks in Iceland then in the USA.
The Supervisory board are primarily regulators. Like say the FDIC... or the lower level Federal Reserve regulators... whose names i don't even know.
3) I don't really see how. Afterall, we're talking massive companies with hundreds if not thousands of employees. The price discount far outweighs any logiistcs needed.
The size of lobbying companies pretty much gurantee this.
