tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9279394.post112745470033073318..comments2023-10-06T08:53:14.731-04:00Comments on Eternal vigilance: Against campaign finance regulationsRicketsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579799843541826447noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9279394.post-1129574713037131682005-10-17T14:45:00.000-04:002005-10-17T14:45:00.000-04:00I agree with you that politicians are not accounta...I agree with you that politicians are not accountable to voters. Where I disagree with you is that I believe this is true because they are able to solicit money from people and organizations that are beyond their constituency.<BR/><BR/>I think two simple reforms would solve a large part of the problems with campaign financing. First, all money spent on a campaign must be raised within the constituency the politician will represent - meaning your Congressman cannot accept money from outside his or her district, your Senator cannot accept donations from outside his or her state, etc.<BR/><BR/>The other is that only natural persons able to vote should have the right to contribute to campaigns. There is simply no justification, in my mind, for someone to have influence over our electoral system if they are not actually part of that system in the most basic way.<BR/><BR/>The loopholes exist, not as a consequence of trying to control money, but as a consequence of vested interests trying very hard to exempt their own money from those controls.<BR/><BR/>XTXpatriated Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202309776546699202noreply@blogger.com