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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... effects on public attitudes and opinion. Research notwithstand- ing, I do not doubt that the dominant media, like incumbent public of- ficials, have a strong interest in suppressing alternative views so that their own may be more ...
... effect because they would no longer be legally able to donate soft money . But that is just a guess . McCain - Feingold itself is silent about the identity of the special interests that are the targets of its strictures . If we look ...
... apt means to control the effects of partiality . Those elected by the voters are more likely to attain the public good and the interest of the country than is direct rule by the people. Yet if majorities tend toward 26 CHAPTER ONE.
... effects of self-interest rather than removing its cause was the only option for founders of a republic.44 This view implies that the freedom to speak in politics will necessarily be a freedom to speak partly in defense of self-interest ...
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