Democrat Convention Thread

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(07-28-2016, 03:08 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I have to agree. I know we will never get completely rid of the politics and have statesmen, but campaign finance reform at least creates the potential for our elected officials to actually govern rather than continually running for office. But, there again, one of the policies that caused me to abandon my libertarian ideals. Publicly funded elections and campaign finance reform in general would be antithetical to them.

Even if I may lean libertarian, I'm more of an issue to issue, do what makes sense guy.  Which is another reason why I wish we had more parties and a more nuanced debate on policy and actions rather than a platform which limits the innovative ideas for solving problems.  Especially if the purpose of the government is to serve the people, I don't even see a philosophical deviation from "small government" or whatever, when the public funds the process for electing its representatives.  In fact allowing private expenditure for elections seems more antithetical in the sense that elections have nearly become a commercial enterprise save for the actual vote casting, rather than a truly civic endeavor.