"And as I've said before, make political parties, PACs and lobbying illegal."
I am with you except for parts of this sentence. I don't like political parties, but making them illegal infringes on the right to associate with people who believe in similar idea and ideals. I'm all for eliminating straight ticket voting and making all ballots party free. This along with term limits would take a lot of bite out of political parties. Lobbying is a tricky issue as well. People should be allowed to lobby. They just shouldn't be allowed to pay for results. This is where it breaks down. There needs to be 100% transparency in the finances of lobbyist, congressmen, and congressmen's families. That's a start. PACs again are tricky. I would support squashing them if all races became publicly funded. Until then, it won't matter. As can be seen by President Obama readily taking money from foreign donors during the last two elections. J - In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place. - Mohandas Gandhi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358729 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
