Sunday, August 06, 2006

Capital Crimes

How our current campaign finance system breeds political corruption!
Conor Kenny writes, "The only way to eliminate the incentive for less than scrupulous individuals to corrupt the political system is the full public financing of elections ... 74 percent of the public supports full, voluntary public financing for federal elections ... a similar majority (76 percent) supports the full disclosure of all money raised for candidates by lobbyists."
Ever wonder why supporting public financing of elections isn't a no-brainer for any honest politician? Think about it....

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