A Simple Plan for Campaign Finance Reform
Comes now three judges from the U. S. District Court of Columbia to declare (in a record 1,638 page ruling) that portions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law are unconsitutional.
We’ll have to see what the Supremes think of that ruling. For now, allow me to offer my own plan for campaign finance reform. Its basis is one simple precept: allow donations only from individuals. The move would preclude PACs, SIGs, corporations, unions, associations, and anything else that is non-human from contributing to political campaigns.
To my point of view, this would make the process much more transparent, as open records would allow us to see which person is expecting quid-pro-quo, not just (for example) data about bullshit associations that are fronts for others.