u/DevilStickDude

Im just fishing for new hikes and want to hear your favorites. My favorites will be in the comments.

Edited.

Mandatory recording of government officials during interactions with lobbyists — FOIA requestable by anyone

The government argues we have “nothing to fear if we have nothing to hide.” That standard applies to them first.

Let’s be targeted about it. Start with Congress and the highest-influence executive positions — the people actually shaping law and policy. And focus specifically on their interactions with lobbyists and paid influence agents. That’s where the corruption actually flows.

Any such interaction must be recorded regardless of where it happens. A dinner at an exclusive DC restaurant is still a government interaction if one party is being paid to influence legislation. Off-site doesn’t mean off-record. If that’s too complicated to enforce, ban off-site contacts with lobbyists entirely — that’s a reasonable alternative.

Footage goes into a public archive. Searchable, requestable, no single agency controlling access.
Classified settings get a narrow predefined carve-out — like SCIFs already are for phones. But entering and exiting is still recorded. You can’t declare everything classified to escape accountability.
The enforcement model is YouTube auditors at scale — thousands of uncoordinated people impossible to all buy off simultaneously.

What’s the principled argument against starting here?