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bachva

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  campaign finance reform

  Public funding for political campaigns would go a long way to reducing the influence of the big money corporations on members of Congressl. The special interests such as insurance firms and oil companies are able to prevent passage of meaningful health care reform, and measures to address global warming, both supported by a majority of the people. Fair elections would allow the people not dollars to have their true ...more »

  Public funding for political campaigns would go a long way to reducing the influence of the big money corporations on members of Congressl. The special interests such as insurance firms and oil companies are able to prevent passage of meaningful health care reform, and measures to address global warming, both supported by a majority of the people. Fair elections would allow the people not dollars to have their true voice. And it would allow politicians time to work on the issues rather than dialing for dollars.

  A hybrid system including 4:1 matching of small donations or full public financing- either would be a huge improvement in our democracy.

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  Submitted by bachva 3 years ago

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  Public financing for election campaigns

  Public funding of political campaigns would greatly reduce the influence of large donations, and would help elect people who actually represent the general public interest. Passage of true health care reform, measures to address global warming, etc, would at last be possible. Under such a system candidates are responsible to the voters not to the donors. AND politicians will have more time to address the issues rather ...more »

  Public funding of political campaigns would greatly reduce the influence of large donations, and would help elect people who actually represent the general public interest. Passage of true health care reform, measures to address global warming, etc, would at last be possible. Under such a system candidates are responsible to the voters not to the donors. AND politicians will have more time to address the issues rather than phoning for dollars. Access to a reasonable allotment of public funds plus a 4:1 matching system for small donations ($100-300) or a full public financing system would both be effective.

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