Campaign Financing
From the most depressing election year in recent history emerges one undeniable fact: The privately financed campaign is killing democracy in America.
Whether the money comes from an individual, a corporation, a PAC or a candidate’s own deep pocket, the result is the same--”one dollar, one vote” replaces “one person, one vote.”
There is one way out of this mess, and one way only: publicly financed campaigns.
MONTE MONTGOMERY
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