I Guess Two Wrongs Do Make A Right
George Will’s recent column on campaign finance reform shows the hypocrisy of the GOP power elite. McCain-Feingold was wrong, but it seemed politically advantageous. Since the Dems seem to have benefited more from the use of 527 committees, the GOP wants to heavily regulate them.
What we need is real and sweeping campaign finance reform. That would entail taking all limits off of individual contributions. For that matter you could take them off of corporations and unions too. The trick is to require full and timely disclosure.
This is doable as well. The Virginia Public Access Project tracks contributions by contributor, locality and occupation. You can look up which one of your neighbors is giving to candidates. Want to know how much developers are contributing and to who? Look it up.
The Federal Election Commission could be providing this service now. The only problem is that incumbents don’t really want easy access to their contributor base.
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It’s nice to see someone with conservative leanings take a logical position on this issue. No limits on corporate AND union donations? That’s logical.
I disagree, but at least your position is defensible, unlike those wishing to allow corporations to spend unlimited cash but rein in “those evil unions who are threatening America.” Personally, I think no limits only guarantee that we have a 90%+ recidivism rate in Congress (yes, I chose that word purposefully), but at least we can have a logical discussion on the matter.
It’s challenging and satisfying to read someone with whom I can disagree and still respect intellectually.