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Originally Posted by sraL

I looked into getting involved with politics here, I don't know how it works in the states but here they ask that you make a donation of your yearly earnings to the party and I forget exactly how much off the top of my head- but it was something around 10% of what you earned, which was a LOT when I first looked into it and my wage was relatively low.

Local politics is something I'm really passionate about, national politics never really interested me that much. It's definately something i'd look into again in the future, but def. not any time soon. You have to have money just to be involved with them in the first place.

def not like that in Hawaii (different state by state, but I'd imagine any state that has a policy like that would be the exception). You only make 40k as a state representative, so it wouldn't be big money, but I think I would do a good job (plus most states politicians do it as a second gig IE don't do a good job at it and have obvious conflicts of interest in bills they sponsor etc). idk, Hawaii is a special place with unique challenges, and I'd like to do some kind of social service in a meaningful way.