The Fallacy of Campaign Finance ReformAt first glance, campaign finance reform looks like a good idea. McCain-Feingold, for instance, regulates campaigns by prohibiting national political parties from accepting soft money contributions from corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals. But are such measures, or any of the numerous and similarly restrictive proposals that have circulated through Washington in recent years, really good for our democracy? |
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... American political ideals . In the pages that follow , I argue that the reformer's story contravenes both the facts ... politics , and elections . In part , my story belongs to the genre of political realism . For all the talk of sin , ...
... political campaign, that creates a potential conflict of interest that we simply do not need. It does not look good. The American people think, the average Joe on the street thinks, that with that much money being paid to that few ...
... Political Equality It will cleanse our politics and make it possible for the voices of ordinary Amer- icans to be ... American people, for our democracy, and for the future of our country. (Russell Feingold)20 Restoring Trust in ...
... American has in our political system. (John Kerry)23 Increasing Electoral Competition [It] will trade increased hard ... politics should be ideas, not dollars. It is time for us to start putting the currency back into circulation ...
... Political. Visions. and. Campaign. Finance. Those who demand restrictions on money in politics—the “reform com- munity”—have dominated (and dominate) most public debates about cam- paign finance. They contend that money corrupts American ...
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Compound Democracies: Why the United States and Europe Are Becoming Similar Sergio Fabbrini No preview available - 2007 |
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