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Old 03-05-2004, 08:11 AM
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Originally posted by TimFreeh
I like the Botnst approach but I would implement it a slightly different way....

Anybody could give any amount of money to any candiate BUT all contributions must be made via a blind trust. This way the candidate would not know who had given him/her ANY specific amounts of money.

That would take the money out of politics forever.
Worth a try.

One of the stupidest things tried is the voluntary contribution from the 1040. Public financing of elections--the political equivalent of a perpetual motion machine.

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