1. Campaign Finance Reform
Presidential campaign laws should be reformed so that representatives can only use funding that originates from public money. There are two crucial purposes for the need for this modification; one because certain candidates are receiving ludicrous amounts of money and it is not fair for others who perhaps cannot generate such funding. Secondly, the individuals who are providing this money are not supporting their candidates without ulterior motives which results in a corrupt system. These issues can be resolved with a procedure implemented that only allows campaigns to be financed by public money.
The Federal Election Commission reported that Presidential and congressional candidates running in the 2012 election cycle received more than $7.1 billion in funding for their campaigns. This absurdly high figure is an indication of the stakes involved in these campaigns and the types of people that are involved. Officials take advantage of the profits they generate whilst in power and combining this with the support of their party, contributing organizations and special interest groups that provides them with a high chance of them getting re-elected. These incumbents are not always the most suitable person for the job but the one with the most financial support. This proves to be detrimental as the wealthy candidates embrace different policy priorities than of the general public who hold middle class status and their dominance of elections essentially distorts public policy. .
Furthermore, the representatives who aspire to win or retain public office are trapped in an endless arms race; compelled to spend time lobbying, raising more money to keep up with opposing candidates. It is estimated that Congresspersons spend an average of three out of five weekdays raising money for their reelection. This is time not spent caring for and debating the issues that benefit society at large. Incumbents manage comfortably in the current big-money system whereas non-wealthy Americans, grassroots candidates are significantly less successful.
Federal Election Campaign Reform Campaign finance reform did not become a major issue in the U.S. until the 1970's, when the Watergate scandal convinced the citizens that they needed to stop the flow of money to political campaigns. ... • Soft Money - political money raised by national and state parties, though it must be disclosed, is not regulated by federal campaign finance law because it is for generic "party building". ... Congress has acted on several campaign finance reform bills since 1979, but none have become law. ... Many campaign finance reform advocates now believ...
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Campaign reform financing is a very serious issue in our government today. ... "Soft money" is an unregulated and unlimited contribution to political parties and campaigns (Kohlberg 1). ... Political Action committees (PAC's) are political organizations through which special interest groups contribute money to campaigns. ... The campaign reform project focuses on revitalizing out democratic process through educational programs, which draw attention to the need for campaign finance reform (Unknown). ... Regardless of what anyone says, campaign reform financing is an issue that will not...
The proposed twenty-eighth amendment is that of campaign finance reform. ... Since the late 1860's congress has been trying to regulate the financing of political campaigns in this country. ... This may also be the reason why they say that large amounts of money in campaign finance invite corruption. ... I strongly oppose this campaign finance reform. ... With all this in mind, Campaign Finance Reform- Solving a problem, or restricting free speech? ...
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