Campaign spending should be illegal

[Politruk]

The only way to get money out of politics is to make it impossible for anyone to influence the outcome of an election by spending money.

In France, every candidate gets an equal allotment of free air time. That's how we should do it here.

 

[Politruk]

And if this takes a constitutional amendment, it's worth one.

Money is not speech.

 

[Politruk]

At any rate, it would render the likes of Elon Musk or the Koch brothers politically irrelevant.

 

[Rainblow]

Is buying votes illegal in the US?

 

[Politruk]

Is buying votes illegal in the US?

Yes. And Elon Musk might be breaking that law. (Normally we don't much care, because a secret ballot makes it impossible to know for sure if you're getting the votes you paid for.)

 

[Rainblow]

Yes. And Elon Musk might be breaking that law. (Normally we don't much care, because a secret ballot males it impossible to know for sure if you're getting the votes you paid for.)

I agree equal money equal time for candidates. We have limits on how much can be spent by parties during a campaign, something like less than a dollar per voter in their constituency and there is a limit on the dollar amount for contributions. No contributions by corporations or trade unions. It evens the playing field for candidates.
Don't you have some form of Elections Act or strict campaign rules parties have to abide by?
And s'up with Elon Musk being all up in voter's faces? The Dark Overlord must have some nefarious plans if he's hanging with the Trumpster. Probably some global neuralink shit.

 

[Politruk]

Don't you have some form of Elections Act or strict campaign rules parties have to abide by?

We do, but the rules are complicated, they're all about dollar amounts, there's ways and ways around them. I'm proposing a system in which it would be a crime to spend any money at all on an election.

 

[Rainblow]

We do, but the rules are complicated, they're all about dollar amounts, there's ways and ways around them. I'm proposing a system in which it would be a crime to spend any money at all on an election.

Not sure if that's really feasible, to run a campaign without funds, unless the money was a state sanctioned amount and I don't think that would sit well with most Americans. Reeks of socialism.

Eta why tf are your elections so ridiculously convoluted? You mark a ballot put it in a box then count those ballots, easy peasy.

 

[Politruk]

Not sure if that's really feasible, to run a campaign without funds

Of course it is, if your opponent doesn't have funds either.

 

[Politruk]

Eta why tf are your elections so ridiculously convoluted? You mark a ballot put it in a box then count those ballots, easy peasy.

Because so much is at stake, and the people with money figured that out a long time ago.

 

[Politruk]

The present administration clearly illustrates the dangers of a campaign-funding-based system.

 

[Politruk]

Bernie Sanders speaks.