Comments on: The Other Campaign Finance Reform http://themoderatevoice.com/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:48:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pacatrue http://themoderatevoice.com/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-127950 pacatrue Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:26:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/campaign-reform/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/#comment-127950 I love that 1,000,000 people believe in a candidate enough to make a donation. This is indeed tremendous.<br><br>At the same time, if each donation was indeed $100, that naturally brings us to $100 million. That's wayyy too much money. Imagine if the campaign could be run on $20 million dollars and the other 80 million went to fund cancer research, buy solar panels, fund the USO, or supply foodbanks. I'd be even happier with that. I love that 1,000,000 people believe in a candidate enough to make a donation. This is indeed tremendous.

At the same time, if each donation was indeed $100, that naturally brings us to $100 million. That's wayyy too much money. Imagine if the campaign could be run on $20 million dollars and the other 80 million went to fund cancer research, buy solar panels, fund the USO, or supply foodbanks. I'd be even happier with that.

]]> By: PaulSilver http://themoderatevoice.com/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-127951 PaulSilver Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:26:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/campaign-reform/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/#comment-127951 George, This does make me ponder other ways of limiting the disproportionate influence of money on policy.<br>Perhaps it may be sufficient to hold the line at limiting the amount of money an individual can give a candidate and related organizations. The idea is that the freedom to express oneself would not be limited, but rather the power of a relatively few to drown out the relatively many. There is a reason that our founders did not simply bestow all power in the relatively few land owners. George, This does make me ponder other ways of limiting the disproportionate influence of money on policy.
Perhaps it may be sufficient to hold the line at limiting the amount of money an individual can give a candidate and related organizations. The idea is that the freedom to express oneself would not be limited, but rather the power of a relatively few to drown out the relatively many. There is a reason that our founders did not simply bestow all power in the relatively few land owners.

]]> By: GeorgeSorwell http://themoderatevoice.com/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-127944 GeorgeSorwell Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:42:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/campaign-reform/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/#comment-127944 Paul--<br><br>I saw Ambinder's post this morning. Since you are so interested in this issue I wondered what you'd think of it. <br><br>It does seem to me that it's hard to construe this as bad for democracy. <br><br>Perhaps this is the market solution to the problem of Swift Boating? Paul–

I saw Ambinder's post this morning. Since you are so interested in this issue I wondered what you'd think of it.

It does seem to me that it's hard to construe this as bad for democracy.

Perhaps this is the market solution to the problem of Swift Boating?

]]> By: Slamfu http://themoderatevoice.com/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-127939 Slamfu Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:00:01 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/campaign-reform/18053/the-other-campaign-finance-reform/#comment-127939 Wow, thats really impressive. Wow, thats really impressive.

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