A politician announces, "All Bribes Accepted. Make checks out to the U.S. Treasury." That is, the politician does not personally benefit from the bribe.
A bribe attached to a message to the politician serves to signal how important the sender believes the message. The politician may pay attention according to how much the bribe is, and may even vote depending on which side bribes more. In effect, the public (via contributions to the Treasury) recovers some of the cost of the corruption of government, because the briber has incentive to bribe up to the amount of benefit from the successful bribe.
A similar idea as presented in one dollar per vote, but with a human in the loop. As before, to avoid the All Pay Auction, unsuccessful bribes should be returned.
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