re: Would Citizens be better served if money was removed from the poolitical process

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Would Citizens be better served if money was removed from the poolitical process

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You won't get money out of politicians pockets until you get politicians out of our pockets.

With the level dependency, regulation, and ability of politicians to determine if you get fed, or your company survives... they will get paid by someone.

The only way to get "money out of politics" is to shrink how much government money politicians have available to spend.

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All candidates get the same amount of air time and are forced to debate.

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Good luck enforcing that. Are you planning to make third-parites unable to spend money too (direct violation of the 1A)

I loved this idea at first, but then I thought more about it. Would you want the media to decide every election?

I think you’d see a giant shift from people buying off politicians to buying off media enterprises. The only people getting airtime would be socialists.

Let’s be honest with ourselves, the only reason our candidates are even in the running is because they pay for that exposure.