Re: Campaign Finance Reform

[Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>]

On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Jon Lasser wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, jim bell wrote:
...
> > It is absolutely true that you couldn't stop a person from communicating
> > claims of a donation to a politician.   But what you COULD do is to ensure
> > that the donor couldn't PROVE that he made such a donation.  In other words,
> > _I_ could claim that I gave $1K to Senator Sludgepump (a lie) and the good
> > senator would have no idea that I wasn't telling the truth.  The people who
> > REALLY made such donations would be helpless.
> 
> A tricky way around this, if it's done ALMOST properly, is to donate in 
> odd amounts... ie "Senator Sludgepump, I am going to donate $469.23 to 
> your campaign..."
> 
> All this means is that the donations would have to be lumped in some way 
> so that Senator Sludgepump can't find out the exact amounts donated by 
> any individual.

Cancelled checks.

Or, hand check in addressed, stamped envelope to Senator Sludgepump and 
ask him if he would mind sealing it and dropping it in a mailbox.

Etc., etc.

For once, you guys aren't being very creative.