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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Campaign finance reform: a modest proposal

The sources of contributions are hidden from the candidate. It would be against the law to breech that confidentiality. (I heard that Chile does that now.)
You can give money, you can collect money, you might even tell the candidate you contributed, but you could NOT provide proof. A clearinghouse would hide individual amounts and dates. (I don't know how well it has worked in Chile, or if there are unanticipated consequences.)

1 comment:

Ken said...

Good idea. Sounds like a good letter to one's congress person. What should it say?