Stop Political Corruption with Civil Bribery Laws

Bribery is condemned worldwide as harmful to a culture or civilization.

Bribery is defined as Taking or Giving Money (or something of value) to Influence a Political Decision by someone with political power: Elected or Appointed Officials (or un-elected Bureaucrats / government Staff).

Bribery Laws are Criminal laws for good reason: We need government decisions to be made fairly. Residents and Voters get angry and even furious when a political favor is given to someone (else) for a bribe.

“That Isn’t Fair!”

Worse, corrupt decisions usually don’t solve real (Public) problems; often making the problem worse.

We expect and demand harsh penalties for those guilty of that corruption.

As of 2025, at least 99.9% of our civilization’s Bribery laws are Criminal laws, as are the United Nations Convention against Corruption and California Laws.

The problem is that Criminal Bribery is essentially Impossible to Prosecute !

Why? Because Criminal Bribery Laws require an impossibly high bar to convict.

Essentially one of the two offending “parties” violating this sacred position of Trust – has to admit to the bribe, in writing or recorded.

But Why would anyone risk jail by recording a confession? Its a rare event indeed.

That problem comes from the legal standard for criminal acts called “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.“

That standard is roughly equivalent to 98% certainty; or 98% of evidence in favor of a conviction.

So Bribers and Bribees know they can get away with it (as long as they keep their mought shut). And it goes on daily – worldwide.

So we’re stuck. We know Bribery is rampant, that we need to stop it, but we can’t ever put violators in jail !

Instead, imagine an improved Bribery law, perfectly suited for catching corrupt government officials – with a much lower conviction bar.

Something simple to Prosecute.

Please Give a Warm Welcome to Civil Bribery laws.

What we’ve created is a dramatically improved version of a Bribery law, much better suited for catching, stopping and even Reversing corrupt government official decisions – with a much easier conviction hurdle.

An easy to prosecute law that is not handicapped by “Citizens United.”

It also fixes a ficticious loophole created by a Supreme Court decision written by Brett Kavanaugh in Snyder v. United States

You might recognize this lower hurdle / bar as “Preponderance of the Evidence.” This means a prosecutor only needs 51% of the evidence (instead of 98%), so that a Judge or Jury can far more easily find the government official has violated the law.

This means anyone, such as a reporter, an interested citizen or a non-profit researcher, can match it up an elected official’s campaign contribution list with their votes.

And Bingo – Game, Set and Match. We’ve got em.

The tradeoff is the guilty don’t go to jail.

However, what these laws can do immediately is —

1) “Void” or Unwind corrupt decisions and contracts,

2) Impose Substantial Fines on both Briber and Bribee (such as 10% – 200% or more of the value of the corrupt decision)

3) Remove the government official from office and government jobs – permanently,

4) Bar the offending official and the briber from government work, contracts and lobbying, and

5) Bar the company and person giving the bribe from ever getting any government contracts.

As example: Lets take the 2022 Congressional House Armed Services Committee, where 41 of 42 congresspersons took campaign contributions from military contractors who directly benefited from their votes on contracts.

So now imagine for a moment we have a Civil Bribery law in place.

Now only one of the House members (Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma) can vote or even discuss in committee a contract that would benefit a contractor.

All the other Civil “Bribees” who took campaign cash from a contractor-who-could-financially-benefit from a vote, have to step down from the committee while the remaining member(s) discuss and vote on it.

The Reverse is also true – with a Civil Bribery law in place, if any of the 41 Congresspersons who voted on it or even lobbied their colleagues and then After the vote took campaign contributions from military contractors who directly financially benefited from their votes – the Vote and any Contract is also Voided; Rescinded.

The only drawback is that violating such a law does not directly or immediately send the violators to Prison. I believe that is a smallprice to pay for stopping our existing outrageous system that rewards bribes. There’s a good reason its broadly referred to as “Legalized Bribery.”

However that – is how you can Stop Political Bribery – Anywhere, Quickly and Easily !

 

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