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marceestone's comments
Posted Thu, May 24, 1:53 p.m.
RE: Clean Elections Is Good for the Market Place of Ideas: Your statement: I know Clean Elections isn't, nor can it be, a mandatory program, yet too many of those who propse publicly funded campaigns position themselves in that direction. When government gets to decide who runs for office by ...
MOREPosted Mon, May 21, noon
RE: Clean Elections Is Good for the Market Place of Ideas: First of all Clean Elections is not a mandatory program. Never has been, never will because of Buckley v. Vallejo. This legal precedent allows for publicly funded candidates because the candidate themselves choose to not accept private monies. Clean ...
MOREPosted Mon, May 21, 9:38 a.m.
Clean Elections Is Good for the Market Place of Ideas: Democracy is not about hustling for dollars. Our current way of funding campaigns can be amended to allow for another option. Clean Elections will do just that. It doesn't stop anyone from running with their own megamillions or using others' ...
MOREPosted Thu, May 17, 9:09 a.m.
Publicly Funded Campaigns: Campaign fundraising is choking our democracy to death. What you neglect to mention is that an elected official has to keep raising money ad nauseum in order to win the next time. While a donor may not express their quid pro quo, is it possible for an ...
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