My original idea was that if such corruption occurred (and it would be
discouraged), it would directly involve the redistribution of income.
At 03:43 AM 11/6/00 +0000, you wrote:
>How do you stop the rich from buying the things at a discount for cash and
>giving them to their favorite political group or candidate? --jks
>
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>>2. Push an approach based on citizen vouchers. Each citizen would receive
>>a voucher of equal value from the Treasury, financed via taxes. They would
>>be free to transfer this voucher to any political organization or
>>campaign. Recipients would have to file to demonstrate that the vouchers
>>were being used for political purposes. Stringent limitations would be
>>placed on any other money used to finance political activity. (This is
>>originally Jim Devine's idea, I think.)
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
