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Tea Party Has Best Campaign Finance Reform Idea Yet
Liberals always say we need to get money out of politics. But what if more money is the answer, not less?
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This Web site allows political donors to give money based on how lawmakers vote. Just don’t call it bribery
Jonathan Zucker and Joshua Tauberer have developed a website where political donors can give money to the campaigns of sitting lawmakers or their future reelection challengers based solely on how those lawmakers vote on legislation... -
[Token] Political Consultant To Be Sentenced For Violating Campaign Finance Law
A political consultant is to be sentenced Friday for the arcane felony of coordinating activities between a congressional campaign and a super PAC. He could get four to 10 years in prison...
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Sensible idea. Drown out big corporation money with money from the people.
I don't agree. First you have to convince that many people that they wouldn't just be throwing their money away since they're already being told that their votes don't really count. And second in a game of brinksmanship like that I feel confident in saying that corporate and 1% resources far outstrips those of everyone else.
There's the problem right now, though. There's no limit to how much money can be thrown at buying U.S. politics under the Roberts Court. This idea copes with that; rejecting the idea out-of-hand doesn‘t.
My problem isn't that I don't like the idea. I'm a huge fan of Act Blue. My problem is that in an arms race between corporate interests and crowdfunding, I have more confidence in the ability of corporate interests to outspend everyone else. If we were to set up a campaign finance program where money donated was doled out evenly or simply returned to limiting the amount of money a single person or organization could donate, I think we'd see much better results.