Re: Well, today we lost the first amendment in the US

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 05:58:03 GMT, Charles brought forth from the murky depths:

Dittoes to McCain and Feingold. Even if their concepts are too narrow, it's a start; a step in the right direction.

Another way to slow corruption is to communalize troughs, banning individual contributions to a given candidate. All campaign money for an office would go into a single till and would be divvied up equally between valid office seekers 3 weeks before the vote. This would equalize their odds and help rule out curried favors.

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Yes. Not bad. No matter who puts it in, it goes in the pot, which gets sliced as soon as it gels...and is doled out to acceptable candidates (who sets the acceptability rules, though?).

At the same time, we need some kinds of timing limits, similar to the system the Brits use. 90 days and no more. Anyone, incumbent or otherwise, who tries campaigning ahead of time is automatically penalized...say 250,000 votes per incident in Presidential elections; 75,000 votes per incident in Congressional runs for the bucks.

Charlie Self

"In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains." Dwight D. Eisenhower

There are at least two problems with that approach:

-- Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?

----------- When I tried it it only asked for gender, year of birth and country I was in. Then off it went to the page. No forms, no adds nothing. My firewall may have killed the adds but it doesn't kill forms.

Try telling them you are in the UK.

I always tell everyone I'm from Upper Slobobia.

Jenny Qztpxrn

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