Government financing of political campaigns
The Free Liberal
by Fred E. Foldvary
10/31/06
The corrupting influence of money in politics is widely deplored, and some reformers are seeking the superficial remedy, government financing of political campaigns. They call it 'clean money,' as it does not come from the special interests who seek and get privileges and subsidies in exchange for their funding. But how clean is it to force taxpayers to finance negative and misleading ads? The government financing of political campaigns benefits the establishment parties, the Democratic and Republican Parties, who obtain almost all the money. Candidates of the challenger parties have a more difficult time gathering signatures and raising the funds that qualify candidates for the governmental largess...
http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002393.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Fred E. Foldvary
10/31/06
The corrupting influence of money in politics is widely deplored, and some reformers are seeking the superficial remedy, government financing of political campaigns. They call it 'clean money,' as it does not come from the special interests who seek and get privileges and subsidies in exchange for their funding. But how clean is it to force taxpayers to finance negative and misleading ads? The government financing of political campaigns benefits the establishment parties, the Democratic and Republican Parties, who obtain almost all the money. Candidates of the challenger parties have a more difficult time gathering signatures and raising the funds that qualify candidates for the governmental largess...
http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002393.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 31. Okt, 16:17
