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RE: Political Cleanup program
Ya won't have complete equity amongst lobbyists, until ya remove the power
of bureaucrats to control people's lives. When laws can be used to deprive
people of their livelihood, via either taxation or regulation, you will
create situations where people can make money from it, and therefore
unscrupulous people will take advantage. The only defensible argument for
government at all is to protect people from depredation, either from fellow
citizens or from external threats. When you prevent people from engaging in
peaceful commerce, you open the floodgates to tyranny. Thus, the solution is
less government, not to try to legislate human nature.
Kurt
[speaking for myself, of course]
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From: Richard Huddleston[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, December 18, 1995 6:12
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Political Cleanup program
Detweiler wrote:
* >JB:
* >>Politics is traditionally corrupt, it appears, because donors to
politicians
* >>and political campaigns expect a quid pro quo for their donations.
Various
* >>unsatisfactory solutions include campaign spending limits, etc.
* >
* >I have an unusual view that I've never seen elsewhere: the problem with
* >our government is not that money or PACs are involved, but that the
system
* >does not handle or resolve the conflicts between them very well. in other
* >words, in contrary to the current view that all PACs are evil, I think
the
* >problem is not that we have PACs, but that our current system does not
* >balance their demands in some sensible manner. the system is
* >susceptible to corruption. it is conceivable however that there would be
* >a system that involves money and politics but still avoids corruption.
Not to sound like a dupe or anything, but every time I get discouraged
at the rampant mealyism of our political system I go read the first
couple of paragraphs of a text from GOVT 101. There, I get reminded that
the way most political debate is handled elsewhere is with bullets.
Personally, I welcome a complete equity between all lobbyists seeking to
obtain a politico's ear. Take the money out of the equation, and let the
merits of their causes, if any, stand on their own.
Happy holidays,
Richard