Campaign Finance Reform

Happy Monkey · 05-09-2007, 08:00 PM

With the SCOTUS decisions that money=speech and corporations=people, it's hard to think what sorts of campaign finance reforms are possible.

TheMercenary · 05-09-2007, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

With the SCOTUS decisions that money=speech and corporations=people, it's hard to think what sorts of campaign finance reforms are possible.

Congress is the problem here. Not Bush.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-10-2007, 03:37 AM

I guess the only solution is the same one Teddy talked about... you & me. The only way to clean up politics is from the bottom up.

TheMercenary · 05-10-2007, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I guess the only solution is the same one Teddy talked about... you & me. The only way to clean up politics is from the bottom up.

As I get more experience through voting the more I realize how little control the general population has over who eventually gets elected.

Happy Monkey · 05-10-2007, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Congress is the problem here. Not Bush.

I didn't say anything about Bush. The SCOTUS decisions were years ago.

glatt · 05-10-2007, 11:12 AM

I was confused by his comment too, but I think Merc is confusing SCOTUS with POTUS.

TheMercenary · 05-11-2007, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I was confused by his comment too, but I think Merc is confusing SCOTUS with POTUS.

I stand corrected. My bad.

05-09-2007, 08:00 PM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	With the SCOTUS decisions that money=speech and corporations=people, it's hard to think what sorts of campaign finance reforms are possible. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-10-2007, 03:37 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I guess the only solution is the same one Teddy talked about... you & me. The only way to clean up politics is from the bottom up. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-10-2007, 11:12 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I was confused by his comment too, but I think Merc is confusing SCOTUS with POTUS.

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