Buckley and Citizens United both must go. They each brought private money into elections, tilting the playing field and winking in broad daylight that “government for sale to the highest bidder.”
In other first-world civilized and seemingly incorruptible democracies, both public airtime minutes and specific government dollars dedicated to…
Buckley and Citizens United both must go. They each brought private money into elections, tilting the playing field and winking in broad daylight that “government for sale to the highest bidder.”
In other first-world civilized and seemingly incorruptible democracies, both public airtime minutes and specific government dollars dedicated to candidates with no public monies involved. They run shorter, more measurable and equitable election events. Ours elections season go far too long in addition to the grotesque and corrupt private money. It seems as soon as one cycle is finished, the next begins. Our legislators and elected officials should be spending their time working for us, not running their races and glad handing in corrupt, pay-to-play shenanigans.
Both parties avail themselves of every tool legally available. If one side partakes, the other will too. Having said this,it seems in recent years, the GOP has slid into the illegal side with impunity - Russian interference, million dollar a day voter lotteries, lie machine owners in their pockets and God knows what else. The system has run amok.
Buckley and Citizens United both must go. They each brought private money into elections, tilting the playing field and winking in broad daylight that “government for sale to the highest bidder.”
In other first-world civilized and seemingly incorruptible democracies, both public airtime minutes and specific government dollars dedicated to candidates with no public monies involved. They run shorter, more measurable and equitable election events. Ours elections season go far too long in addition to the grotesque and corrupt private money. It seems as soon as one cycle is finished, the next begins. Our legislators and elected officials should be spending their time working for us, not running their races and glad handing in corrupt, pay-to-play shenanigans.
Both parties avail themselves of every tool legally available. If one side partakes, the other will too. Having said this,it seems in recent years, the GOP has slid into the illegal side with impunity - Russian interference, million dollar a day voter lotteries, lie machine owners in their pockets and God knows what else. The system has run amok.