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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... individuals consented to help me write this book. The donors to the Cato Institute made my research and writing possible with their money, their ideas, and their good cheer. In particular, Fred Young sup- ported the Center for ...
... individuals find to be in their in- terest, if only for reasons of coherence and electoral credibility over time. Both parties are less sure now that their ideals accord with their interests in campaign finance struggles. Only ...
... individual. The individual should realize the human telos that requires the exercise of reason in political deliberation and debate. For Aristotle, man was a political animal by nature.3 Individuals neither created their government nor ...
... individuals. Once established, the state recog- nizes few limits on its power to achieve that goal. The individual ... individuals; individuals did not exist for government. Hobbes's theory suggested that government should be an ...
... individuals, the social contract creating the government ceased to bind, and individuals could revert to a prepolitical situation and set about creating a political association that would protect their life, liberty, and property. Far ...
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