Comments on: The $800 Billion Tax Loophole http://themoderatevoice.com/10351/the-800-billion-tax-loophole/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Sam http://themoderatevoice.com/10351/the-800-billion-tax-loophole/comment-page-1/#comment-44927 Sam Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:00:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/the-800-billion-tax-loophole/#comment-44927 Ok, so what exactly is the loophole? Sounds like they listed a bunch of gov't programs which to me sound like just regular spending. The link to the full story is dead to me. Ok, so what exactly is the loophole? Sounds like they listed a bunch of gov’t programs which to me sound like just regular spending. The link to the full story is dead to me.

]]> By: PatHMV http://themoderatevoice.com/10351/the-800-billion-tax-loophole/comment-page-1/#comment-44857 PatHMV Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:55:44 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/the-800-billion-tax-loophole/#comment-44857 I'm with you on tax code simplification, generally, but I don't agree with public finance of elections. What we see already with McCain-Feingold (which I think is one of the worst pieces of legislation passed in the past 25 years) is a growing lack of control over campaigns by the actual candidates. Special interest groups of one stripe or another are on their way to becoming the dominant election force. The more we limit campaign contributions to politicians, the more those campaign contributions wind up in the pockets of interest groups rather than candidates. And contrary to what Sen. McCain and others seem to think, we cannot, we will never, manage to stop that money from being raised and spent to influence elections as long as we have the First Amendment. Public financing of campaigns? No thank you. I’m with you on tax code simplification, generally, but I don’t agree with public finance of elections.

What we see already with McCain-Feingold (which I think is one of the worst pieces of legislation passed in the past 25 years) is a growing lack of control over campaigns by the actual candidates. Special interest groups of one stripe or another are on their way to becoming the dominant election force. The more we limit campaign contributions to politicians, the more those campaign contributions wind up in the pockets of interest groups rather than candidates. And contrary to what Sen. McCain and others seem to think, we cannot, we will never, manage to stop that money from being raised and spent to influence elections as long as we have the First Amendment.

Public financing of campaigns? No thank you.

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/10351/the-800-billion-tax-loophole/comment-page-1/#comment-44842 Gray Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:06:16 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/the-800-billion-tax-loophole/#comment-44842 "Do you know of any elected officials or candidates who feel likewise?" About public finance of elections? Sure. All representatives of the German Bundestag. But I guess this isn't what you wanted to know... :D “Do you know of any elected officials or candidates who feel likewise?”
About public finance of elections? Sure. All representatives of the German Bundestag. But I guess this isn’t what you wanted to know…
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