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    Campaign Funding Essay

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    Campaign Funding What We Don’t Know About Campaign Finance Does Hurt Us. “No matter what your social issue, if you want to solve it get the money out of politics. Only then will lawmakers vote for their people rather than their pocketbooks.” Jack E. Lohman. Money corrupts politics, and when contributions are being made to candidates it is not in the best interest of the American people. Campaign Finance is out of control in today’s political races. Candidates are taking money from wherever

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    Marquette University’s Assistant Professor of Law, Richard Esenberg, is doubtful of the effectiveness of a project that will restructure campaign finance. He foresees the near impossibility of the passage of a bill, along with many drawbacks in similar attempts to miraculously restore democracy to American citizens. Although this is a greatly debated and doubtful topic, there is still hope in the power of the people. While there may be instances where wealthy donors provide a better democratic election

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    Campaign finance regulations have the potential to stifle free speech and impede the election process created for fair and efficient elections. These laws, which limit political spending, serves to limit speech by restricting the average citizen’s ability to both receive and deliver political messages. Laws that restrict spending on political campaigns not only dampen freedoms of speech but but have a counter affect on our democratic society. Regardless of which political side of the fence you

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    was intrigued by the Presidential Public Funding Program. Established by the federal government, it provides treasury funds to match donations of up to $251 dollars during the nomination campaign; for the general election, it offers up a $91.2 million lump-sum payment to be used as the sole funds for the campaign. Nevertheless, there is a catch: a presidential candidate for either the Democratic or Republican Party is eligible for these subsidies if and only if they raise at least $5,000 in total

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    Congress is campaign finance reform, more deliberation in Congress and public education of issues. Campaign finance reform is probably one proposal that you might be familiar with and it is my belief that implementing this will help improve Congress as an institution. There are several areas of this proposal that I find important. These issues include the elimination of soft money, raising the limits on party contributions, and encouraging more participation of the public in campaigns. Soft money

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    My research will attempt to affirm or deny the validity of the following theory: “Different mechanisms for the public financing of campaigns adopted at the state level have led to higher quality candidates, more competitive elections, and more responsible governance.” In order to execute a circumspect and empirical analysis of the tangible effects of public financing, I will be focusing on scholarship which dissects each of the individual factors involved, including the various mechanisms of subsidization

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    Mccutcheon V. Fec Case

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    McCutcheon v. FEC was a landmark case in American campaign finance law which challenged that it is unconstitutional to limit an individual’s donations to as many parties as they want because in doing so their freedom of speech is being violated. The plaintiff is Shaun McCutcheon who is part of the Jefferson County Republic Party Steering Committee as well as the Reagan Foundation. The Republican National Committee was also a plaintiff. This case is a constitutional challenge to aggregate limits on

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    be forbidden by law”. This quote from Theodore Roosevelt illustrates how corporate money can be disastrous when entangled in elections. Unfortunately, the United States continues to grant large corporations the ability to donate to campaigns, leading to a corrupt campaign system. The Supreme Court decided in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that companies and Super PAC’s can donate an unlimited amount of money to endorse candidates. The Citizens United ruling has caused increased political

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    regulation on campaign contributions is necessary because they go against core principles of democracy including, encouraging abuse of power, decreasing political participation, and promoting an increase in political and financial inequality between the extremely rich and the rest of Americans. Big campaign donations promote corruption. This is known and yet nothing is done about these giant anti-democracy rulings. In 2010 The Supreme court case Citizens United v. FEC ruled that campaign funding is

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    Super Pacs Pros And Cons

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    Committees", which are not directly affiliated with any one politician. They are however, able to raise and spend vast sums of money to influence the political realm, be it through the bribery of a congressman who will push their ideas, or funding campaigns to get officials who they favor into power. These actions allow major corporations to be the puppet masters of the government, making those who favor them successful, whilst snuffing out those who don't. Because the only successful representatives

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