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Posted by JohnL on Fri Mar 23 22:36:52 2007, in response to Re: TA Reading SubChat, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Mar 22 09:38:16 2007. Although I am of the opinion that Bruno is going to get his just desserts, isn’t he a product of the system?Campaigning for office is absurdly expensive. Unless you’re a Bloomberg or a Corzine, you need money from elsewhere. The elsewhere now means prostituting yourself to a variety of causes, which means that you are beholden to them when you get to office. I am firmly a believer in some sort of rationalization of campaign spending: 1) There should be a reasonable barrier to getting on the ballot in the first place. You should have to convince some people that you are fit to stand. (Of course, New York has taken this to quite unreasonable lengths…) 2) Once on the ballot, you have a fixed amount of public money to use for your campaign. I believe that broadcast TV/Radio stations should have to make a certain number of advertisement slots available for election candidates as part of their licence conditions. 3) Within a certain period, election advertising by third parties should be banned. I know there is the First Amendment, but we have already accepted restrictions on free speech in other areas. After all, why can’t I express my overwhelming support of a given candidate by voting for him 200 times? |
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