Publicly financed elections.
November 19, 2014 at 11:37 am
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2014 at 11:38 am by Heywood.)
I was arguing with my liberal friend again and he claimed the that all money donated to campaigns should be pooled into one giant pot and then equally distributed among the candidates. His rationale was that if we did it this way, people could not buy off candidates.
I counter that such a system is bad because it would ultimately lead to the government having to decide which candidates are legitimate candidates who get the money and which aren't. This of course would ultimately be abused by whoever is in power.
What are your thoughts on publicly financed elections?
I counter that such a system is bad because it would ultimately lead to the government having to decide which candidates are legitimate candidates who get the money and which aren't. This of course would ultimately be abused by whoever is in power.
What are your thoughts on publicly financed elections?
