[SATLUG] OT: Walmart / Right-Left Paradigm

[Brian Lewis]

I'm not saying only the rich should run I'm saying there should be no  
contributions. If you think taking money away from the military is the  
way to go I say to you: join the military and live on that horrible pay.

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On Nov 6, 2007, at 2:30 AM, pixelnate <pixelnate at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 16:27 -0600, Brian Lewis wrote:
>> If he doesn't win then your money is wasted. You would have  
>> literally gave
>> it to someone who lost the race and will not be able to keep any  
>> promises
>> that person made on the campaign trail. Seems kinda like BS to  
>> me... If
>> someone wants to run for president, they should have to put up all  
>> the
>> money on their own, contributions should be illegal.
>
> That's a silly statement. So in your view only the super rich can run
> for office? So basically you would gladly hand over our country to
> oligarchs? Why do you hate our republic so much as to, not only
> willingly hand over the country to the rich, but to actively ask for  
> it?
> I admire your passion, but I lament your conclusions.
>
> The only way to prevent lobbyists from dominating our system of
> government is to do away with them and subsidize the campaigns by the
> federal government. Take a few million from the military, pay a few
> million less to the various military contractors, take a few million
> from taxes and put it into a pool. All candidates would then get an  
> even
> share for their campaign expenses and we prohibit candidates from
> advertising on television. That should provide them plenty of funds  
> for
> travel and for signage, they wouldn't need to spend millions for
> airtime, and they would be far less influenced by the media. While it
> isn't a perfect plan it would certainly be an improvement on the  
> system
> in place.
>
> How would you solve the problem?
>
> ~Nate
>
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