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Unfortunately, McCain’s “campaign finance reform?? legislation, a delicious mixture of the merely unconstitutional and the grotesquely stupid, creates more problems than it solves. In our never-ending quest for easy answers, it looks as though it will pass, though in modified form. Rather than focus on its obvious drawbacks—in particular, the way it strangles political speech—consider the legislation on its own terms, as a cure for what ails our democracy. Instead of returning government to the people, McCain-Feingold will reduce the accountability of our elected...
...theory behind “campaign finance reform?? is that the special interests pay the piper and thus call the tune, so we need to muzzle the special interests. Instead, how about holding politicians accountable through the electoral process and leaving the special interests alone...
...system poses to Americans’ faith in government. The American people have expressed an unambiguous desire for reform. Any representative who abandons the bill as soon as it has a good chance of passing—or any president who vetoes a once-in-a-decade chance at reform??will not be forgiven lightly. McCain-Feingold has gained both the popular and the bipartisan support that it needs to constitute a strong foundation for reform. Both the House and President Bush would be wise to build on, not tear down, that foundation...
Bush may have declared in his convention acceptance speech that “now is the time” for Social Security reform??but less than a year later, it seems that now is the time for anything but. Though the administration has been pushing tax and education plans full-steam, though battles have begun on everything from campaign finance reform to arsenic in the drinking water, the Social Security privatization camp is dead quiet. How could this...