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My proposal was to outlaw all campaign contributions of every kind. Each candidate would be given a voucher with a set number of funds he can use for advertising and campaigning. To help finance this, certain uses for the funding could be tax deductible. For instance, say a candidate wanted to advertise on CNN, CNN could get a tax break from the government equal to the cost of the spot. This would force the candidates to run a tight budget and stretch their dollars to the fullest, which would be an amazingly important display to the people to see.
Exactly. Doing this would have a domino effect over every aspect of american life. To the extent that, I don't even think self indentifying as one ism or another really matters, in the face of plane, simple...election reform. Get decent, half way honest people into offices around this country, and political party lines won't matter, because, even under the WORST of circumstances, it'll still be better than what we got now. Even the most HARDCORE socialist governor could be only as socialist as his constituents allow.