Trump does not have any relevance to State supreme courts, lol.

Trump does not have any relevance to State supreme courts, lol.
but the red wave that pushed him to office does
I hear what you are saying, but being in a civil society requires some commitments. And enabling a functional political system is certainly one of them.Forty Two wrote:Taxpayer funding of political campaigns is fundamentally wrong because in a free society, people ought not to be compelled to give their money to support political activity they would otherwise not support. As Thomas Jefferson put it, “To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical.” Also, spending limits-justified on the basis of “public” (taxpayer) funding-protect incumbents and disadvantage those who are not constantly involved in the world of politics. Career politicians would qualify for funding while outsiders and potential citizen legislators wouldn't, and they wouldn’t even be allowed to raise funds privately.JimC wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:22 amThere is a fairly straightforward idea that would go to reducing the influence extreme wealth has on campaigning in democracies. Simply, no more campaigning funded privately. Every party gets a relatively small amount of money, proportional to its last vote, to use in brief, unemotional statements in the media listing its policies. No advertising techniques allowed, plain vanilla and factual only. No more spin doctors, no more lobbyists, no more bullshit. And may the best human being win...
“There are many prices we pay for freedoms secured by the first Amendment; the risk of undue influence is one of them, confirming what we have long known: Freedom is hazardous, but some restraints are worse.” - Warren Burger.
Right now most people choose to speak politically by not giving to campaigns. They don’t want to, are not motivated to, they just don’t like any of the candidates enough to give one their money. But government funding of campaigns puts and end to saying no to politicians, and instead says, tough, we are all going to fund campaigns, like it or not.https://reason.org/commentary/public-fu ... paigns-wo/Even worse, ....[the] Ku Klux Klan can rally their members and get who knows how many candidates into local, state, and federal elections, fueled by tax dollars. How fundamentally offensive to black voters to have their tax money going to support candidates who would deny them even human rights. Similarly, how unfair to use pro-choice taxpayers’ money to fund the campaigns of pro-life candidates.
If you eliminate private campaign expenditures, then the soft money goes up -- i.e. they wink wink - don't support a "candidate" - they're just making informational advertisements to push a cause or an issue -- i.e., we don't see an ad for Jane Roe - we see an ad for Planned Parenthood and/or abortion rights -- or, we don't see an ad for Samuel Colt - we see an ad for the NRA and/or gun rights. Are we going to eliminate funding for political statements? No free speech on the precise area where free speech is considered the most important: political issues?
The Dems nibbling at his feet and Mueller breathing in his face he will not like it.House Democrats plan to hold first vote on campaign finance reforms and automatic voter registration
Another Mueller indictment is apparently coming. Jerome Corsi, a friend of Roger Stone, and former writer for the conspiracy website InfoWars tells NBC News that he will be indicted for perjury.
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ba ... BPB4MoE3N/Bankrupt Sears to pay $25.3M in bonuses to executives
Dec 14, 2018
By
Max Filby, Staff Writer
Sears, which filed for bankruptcy in October, is planning to pay out more than $25 million in bonuses to its top executives.
A federal judge has just signed off on the company’s request to pay bonuses to some of its high-ranking employees, reports the Chicago Tribune. Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 banruptcy protection in October after reportedly losing nearly $1.9 billion this year.
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