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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... Progressivism, McCain- Feingold, and much else. Similarly, my lunches with Herb Alexander, Lance Tarrance Jr., and Paul Teller clarified my thinking. My colleagues at Cato have been helpful and supportive in many ways. At the risk of ...
... Progressivism is a negation as well as an affirmation. It began by rejecting the Madisonian vision. The Progressive critique of money in politics is thus one aspect of a more general rejection of the ideals of the American founding that ...
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