Monday, July 16, 2007

Public financing of campaigns frees us from special interests

The Washington Post writes today about the "contamination" of public officials' duties, as opposed to the "corruption" of them. I believe there exists both, and I understand that most of the influence of big money on campaigns contaminates the winners' priorities when they enter office. However, both problems-- contamination and corruption-- must be dealt with through the public financing of campaigns. By being free from the pains of raising funds from the private sector, candidates can spend most of their time addressing all of the people of their district; with a publicly financed campaign, issues of we the people can always be front and center. Public Campaign has taken the lead in campaign finance issues as a proponent of publicly-financed campaigns; they have already seen success across this nation, and with the rising amounts of money today's federal candidates are receiving from individuals and special interests, now is the time more than ever for public financing for all levels of government.

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