02-23-2021, 02:02 PM
(02-23-2021, 01:56 PM)Au165 Wrote: Again a tangent but kind of related. I saw an interesting proposal to fight against Citizens United by federally matching individual donations to campaigns under 1k from a single donor by up to 6x. The idea is turning a room full of Jane and Joe's into a much more lucrative lobbyist to pander to. I thought it was interesting and your bringing up money made me think about it.
Eh, Citizens United is less of a problem than Buckley v. Valeo. But even that doesn't play as big of a role as most people think.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
