There are many solutions that I have heard of and would like to have an area to share these types of ideas.

The ones that I like the most is establishing a community currency that is based on the actual labor that produced that value.
To give our labor value, it needs to be wanted by others that desire what our labor has produced, I have learned a little from the community currency forums and would like to see that in my community. I would support it. I believe this could be then be linked to an account and a card that is similar to our system now, as far as the ease of spending.
Another solution is to make it a tradition to alway vote out the incumbent. Let someone else be a voice for us. This would facilitate a fresh breathe of air to be brought into the system. Some will do better than others. This just keeps those would will corrupt and those are corrupt, off balance and hopefully unable to gain a power base.
Another solution I like is to establish our own community seed banks and store houses that are managed by the community that it will support.
The biggest solution is to educate ourselves on these solutions and how to implement them. I would like to start on them, yet I feel really inept to deal with all the laws, and other red tape that stands in the way. I have energy to expend yet no direction to send it in.