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  • Campaign Finance Reform? Here Are Some Completely Insane Ideas

    01/29/2010 6:18:53 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 10 replies · 309+ views
    Cato@Liberty ^ | January 28, 2010 | Jason Kuznicki
    Each idea below is totally unwinnable, downright daft, and probably unconstitutional to boot. Some are mutually incompatible. But each would effectively end the corruption that campaign finance “reform” advocates worry about. Each would also show more respect for individual liberty than the usual fare we get from them. And there’s even a method to my madness, which I will explain below. Life Terms Members of Congress serve for life. Few special interests will throw money at the political process in this system, because the cycle of funding and response won’t exist anymore. Elections will be hard to predict and infrequent,...