tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608511744801162009.post2221560654836669451..comments2023-10-08T02:58:51.429-05:00Comments on Ideas, Observations, & Mental Machinations: H.R. 359, REPUBLICANS WANT TO END PUBLIC FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND NOT RETURN THE MONEYXobekimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973381691719755451noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608511744801162009.post-56995913529814264862011-03-02T15:45:44.433-06:002011-03-02T15:45:44.433-06:00@Maria F:
The word "donation" is mislead...@Maria F:<br />The word "donation" is misleading, because it doesn't cost you anything extra, so you really don't have much say over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608511744801162009.post-81109608982288283702011-01-30T19:12:00.180-06:002011-01-30T19:12:00.180-06:00The way it has worked, since the days of the Nixon...The way it has worked, since the days of the Nixon Administration's debacle, is that a candidate must choose between public funding or going it without that cash. No candidate has gone it alone.<br /><br />This is why public funding remains the last bulwark against the wholesale auctioning off of the White House to the highest bidder.<br /><br />It is not a perfect system, but in light of the erosion of transparency since the decision in Citizens United, it remains our best hope for having this country run by the people. <br /><br />In the end J.Q.P. may be correct. As an eternally hopeful person I will hold fast to working on behalf of transparency.Xobekimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973381691719755451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608511744801162009.post-7323533109272744482011-01-30T17:40:44.160-06:002011-01-30T17:40:44.160-06:00Don't fall for it! H.R. 359 is a trick so the...Don't fall for it! H.R. 359 is a trick so the Public will have no way of funding their own candidate. Only a Corporate sponsored choice would have the money to run.J.Q.P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608511744801162009.post-8402652093360426512011-01-25T16:55:06.108-06:002011-01-25T16:55:06.108-06:00I just read the bill itself, which says that all e...I just read the bill itself, which says that all excess funds (from that "do you want $1 to go to this fund?" question on the 1040) will be moved into the general treasury. <br /><br />I want my dollar back - that is NOT what I checked that box for! That was a completely voluntary donation on my part, and I want it to go towards the election fund. I do NOT want it to be used to make the Republican cuts look less "draconian."Maria Fnoreply@blogger.com