Personally, I find it distasteful to think some foreign corporation or even a foreign government can influence our elections by donating a lot of money for campaign advertisements. Limitations on contributions, transparency and harsh penalties for candidates breaking the rules would make the process much cleaner. After all, they do not give the funding without getting something in return. They get votes on issues they care about.
Think about this; British Petroleum, a foreign company, operates a billion dollar business in our territorial waters. There are obvious risks involved in deep water drilling, like the well that spewed crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico for three months. They also pay US royalties on the amount of oil they extract. B.P. donates to officials in all political parties. The well in question did not have a safety inspection or an audit for a number of years. When the accident happened, nobody knew how much oil that well was producing. It's a billion dollar oil field. No one, except B.P, was looking. How could that happen? Government officials said, "It was an oversight". Do you believe them?
With a little imagination, you could look at the current process as nothing more than influence peddling or a common protection racket. I have not read any argument in defense of the situation as it is that makes any sense, much less favor the voter's position.
We will never have a government Of The People, By The People and For The People as long as our office holders spend much of their time repaying their campaign contributors. They are working for them, not US, regardless of what they say.
Campaign Financing Reform is necessary. It is needed now and there is not much room for negotiation. The power of each of our votes has all ready been compromised. It is a serious problem that needs to be corrected. Does the government belong to the people, or do the people belong to the government? Reform will give the power of the government back to the people. It is time.
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