Monday, April 20, 2009

Our View: Campaign finance laws miss problem

In certain circles, is the handwringing of fair political Practice Commission's report, $ 1.1 million poured into the country's political campaign, the law passed nine years ago, in order to limit money in politics.
Much of the money Dan Walters column identified "gaps indirectly Proposition 34, which attempted to carry the cash flow. But the loophole is another person's legal right to support - and yes, the impact of - the.

But this is not a problem. The problem is that so many people have found useful and necessary, to spend so many dollars to influence elections.

For example, a game GTECH has allocated $ 1 million on a campaign that offers 1C, ballot measures to increase sales and payments in California lottery multibillion dollars. Hopefully, GTECH californianus will only play for most of their money hoping to hit more jackpots. Or maybe GTECH can benefit from the growth in government sanctions gambling.

Some contributors give money to candidates to defend themselves against government intervention, such as companies looking to show the regulations. Other legislators who give the vote to increase performance, as the union of public school teachers.
The idea that some people have little support for their influence on the rejection of the right to contribute to the campaign ignores the obvious result. Other people drive a rally in favor of the impact of different ways to get interest in government halls. "The idea that in May the government restrict the speech of some of our society to improve relations with other voices quite alien first amendment," said the economist Thomas Sowell.

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