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I see, I see. But isn’t everyone in agreement that political campaigns should be publicly funded? What is there to be upset about?
Would it be a good bill if donations were banned but only the two major parties get public funding?
I don’t believe the bill is doing that, but yes. I’d sacrifice my left nut to get money out of politics.
You're right the bill does not do that. The point I'm making is that the way in which you remove money from politics is important, not just the removal of it. If the bill essentially removed the ability for any other group to run other than the two major parties then it's not a good bill.
Do you think that donations are the only way of biasing a party or candidate? How many have gone to work for consultants afterwards?
I’m still trying to figure out why people in this thread are defending much, much higher caps on donations.
They're not. We—I—have been very clear.
But that must not come at the expense of transparency and proper procedure, or at the ability for minor parties and independents to be competitive.