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| Blame Campaign Finance Reform for Abramoff Scandal |
| 01.05.06 (10:37 am) [edit] |
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If you’re looking for someone to blame for creating the environment that led to the Abramoff scandal, a good place to start is with campaign finance reform. Ever since Congress and the FEC began limiting the amount of money American citizens may contribute to political candidates, they have been increasing the power of lobbyists. Aside from the fact that this was a patently un-American limit on free speech – this so-called campaign finance “reform” has fostered an environment where lobbyists may legally contribute more money to a candidate than an individual can. Because of these limits, candidates must now spend vast amounts of time fundraising. And savvy political candidates, who value time as their most important commodity, have discovered they get more bang for their buck by raising money from lobbyists, who, by law, are allowed to contribute more money than you or I, as citizens, can. This environment certainly doesn’t excuse the outrageous and unethical behavior of those who have abused the system. But it helps explain whey we are in this mess. Spot on. Go read the rest. http://www.humaneventsonline.com/blog-detail.php?id=11284" title="http://www.humaneventsonline.com/blog-detail.php?id=11284" target="_blank"http://www.humaneventsonline.... |
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