iPundit's suggestions for campaign finance reform
My last post illustrated the problem of campaign finance reform and how money seems to be pervasive throughout our system with no end in sight. The American people deserve better. They deserve a system which encourages informed public participation in the election process. They deserve a system which keeps reasonable checks on corruption without unreasonable restrictions on their First Amendment rights. The American people deserve a system which will put the power of Democracy back into the hands of the people, and out of the hands of the special interests. ...
1) Eliminate Bundling ...
2) Democracy Dollars Accounts for Federal Candidates - While taking the bundling route is a safer alternative, the Democracty Dollars Accounts(DDA) is downright revolutionary. I'm not sure if it has been proposed before but the idea may save our campaign finance system. Currently checks from individuals go straight to candidates. I'm not suggesting that $2,000 will buy a candidate's support, if it did, we would be in much bigger trouble than we had thought. However, 100 donations from an energy companies employees sent to the candidate can certainly be considered substantial. DDA would be accounts managed by the Federal Government but owned by the candidate. The only difference is that checks would be sent to the DDA in the name of the candidate, the name of the donor(s) would never be disclosed to the candidate. -- iPundit.com: Solution: Campaign Finance Reform