I would not be against completely restricting corps., unions, etc from being able to donate to a campaign directly - but would be satisfied in limiting donations to a level that more people would be able to reach - even if its as little as $500 per person/corp/etc...
However, if we did have those restrictions, I fear that PACs might become a loophole. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I should actually make a distinction between a PAC and a Union or a > Corporation. A PAC is specifically created to advocate for a specific > set of issues, so I'm ok with an individual donating money to a PAC > who then pools the money to run issue/candidate related ads. Unions > and Corporations aren't created for the express purpose of running > issue and candidate ads. > > I still don't think that PACs should be able to donate directly to > candidates. I'm ok with them pooling money to do issue and candidate > advocacy though. > > Judah > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Would you agree, then, that unions, PACs and interest groups are not >>> 'people' and therefore should nto be allowed to donate to political >>> campaigns? >> >> Yes, I agree. >> >> I also don't think that money is speech. Speech is speech. You can pay >> money to people to speak for you, money directly is not speech. Which >> is why donating to a campaign is not a speech issue in the first >> place, let alone the fact that corporations are not people. >> >> Judah >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311022 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
