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In Seattle, voters backed a sweeping measure to enact public financing of the city’s elections by a vote of 60 percent to 40 percent. The measure will create a first-of-its-kind system of publicly funded “democracy vouchers” to be distributed to citizens to donate to candidates participating in the public funding system. Each citizen will be able to distribute four $25 vouchers to participating candidates.
where are they getting the four $25 notes from? And how exactly are they going to spend it on campaigning? I mean... a $25 voucher... who is on the hook to pay up? Otherwise why would any business accept them?
Does that include minors in the citizen count? IE could someone just "buy" each voucher for $15 and then send it to the candidate of their choice?
While I'm not happy with citizens united, but for a different reason... this push back doesn't even make sense to me. My issue with citizens united giving companies freedom of political speech is I want to tax their world wide income if they get free speech and not just repatriated money. Just like how citizens have to pay tax world wide income (exemptions aside and all, they still have to file it)...
Maybe they can raise taxes enough to fund the $100/person voucher now that minimum wage is $15/hr there?
Seems fitting for a city that just reelected a socialist to the City Council. OF course, she was a highly paid Microsoft employee, but that doesn't really matter, now does it.
So you are against voters funding campaigns, but for corporations and billionaires pumping money into campaigns?
I am against taxpayers being forced to fund campaigns against their will. Bad enough to take money from them by force in the first place, worse when it goes directly to the pockets of politicians.
these bozos protest against "corporate greed" all day, and then stop by Starbucks on the way home while chatting on their I-phone. LOL
Then they vote one into office.
They really crack me up.
I am against taxpayers being forced to fund campaigns against their will. Bad enough to take money from them by force in the first place, worse when it goes directly to the pockets of politicians.
Actually the system in Seattle will make it so that every voter gets to participate in campaigns and makes it harder for big money donors to buy elections. Some of us would love to see big money taken out of public elections.....though I am sure others are just fine with billionaires funding their politicians.
these bozos protest against "corporate greed" all day, and then stop by Starbucks on the way home while chatting on their I-phone. LOL
Then they vote one into office.
They really crack me up.
What does coffee from Starbucks and cellphones from Apple have to do with public elections? Just because someone spends money on these products must mean they should also support billionaire donors buying politicians? That makes no sense.
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