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Old 06-19-2007
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Re: Should companies be allowed to give money to campaigns?

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or the huge amount of money that the trial lawyers are dumping into the democrats coffers...........
Somebody ought to take a look to see how many laws dems wrote that favored lawsuits. And then see if this was a form of payback for the contributions.
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Re: Should companies be allowed to give money to campaigns?

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It is because the huge cost of getting elected precludes the candidacy of any but the corrupt.
Are you reading what I'm writing? I already told you: this is because voters keep voting for the guy with the best suits and the most advertisements!

I don't believe there is a law on the books that says you have to have a few million dollars to get elected.
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When all the candidates with the wherewithal to mount an effective campaign are bought and paid for, voters are left with little to choose between them.
Voters can vote for ANYONE! I believe the requirements are a certain age and natural-born citizenship. Nowhere does it say you have to have good advertising campaigns and lots of money! That is a symptom of a retarded voting population! It's in the hands of the voters.
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Over time voters come to believe they cannot affect the process and lose interest which exacerbates the problem.
Actually, that IS the problem: voters who think there are only two possible candidates and that voting for someone who isn't one of the two retards is "throwing your vote away."
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Maybe they won't stop it ever since even the most pie in the sky scenario still leaves government with vast quantities of money.
And you get rid of the rest, or most of the rest, by electing semi-honest officials.
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Lawyers/Law Firms:
Long-Term Contribution Trends
Opensecrets.org--Money in politics data (Lots of donor info by industry - I highly recommend it.)
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