limiting individual access to members of congress doesn.t limit free speech?
On 11/6/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maureen wrote: > > 1. Outlaw political parties > > 2. Outlaw lobbys and PAC's > > The problem with all of that is that it's unconstitutional especially > as it pertains to free speech. The trick is to allow all of that to > take place, but take the benefit out of the spin and access. You can > do that by: > > 1.) Allowing any commercial, ad, etc, but require a 15% time/space > response to a non-partisan org like FactCheck.org. > > 2.) Allow lobbying, but only in front of the senate or for > investigative purposes with appropriate rules. That is, remove > individual access. > > 3.) Create a non-partisan investigative group similar to the SEC > except for political offenses. > > 4.) Require federally/state funded elections thus taking the incentive > out of election money. > > By doing this you don't violate anyone's right of free speech, but you > also move elections from money driven to idea driven. > > The current system rewards great money raisers, not great idea makers. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Dreamweaver with Homesite Plus from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=54 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180031 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
