3/19 Can somebody post some decent analysis of McCain's finance reform
bill?Every article I read mentions loopholes, but what are they?
\_ McCain's finance reform is meant to sink the NRA.
\_ Corps will give soft money to non-party groups and unions,
who will runs ads instead of the parties. And the
unconstitutional ad ban will be overturned by the supremes.
OR individuals can still give money to candidates, so if they
lower the limit to $1 (though CFR raises to $5000), the CEO of
BigOil who gave pol a dollar was still trying to by his vote
and created "an appearance of impropriety." CFR is like
trying to ban politics, cuz it's all in the eye of the spinner.
But CFR should pass because it's reform and better than letting
McConnell, et al. win. -republican for gov't financed elections
\_ Government financed elections? Hardly. Who says who
qualifies for the millions of dollars it takes to get the
word out? People with enough support? How do you register
that support? Petitions? That costs money. By not letting
the public participate in elections, it would be even harder
for a non-incumbent to get name recognition. The last thing
we need is government financed elections. What a nightmare.
-republican in favor of smaller government and 1st amendment |
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