You are missing what's really needed!
While this, and other concerned groups' campaign finance reform initiatives, appears to address the issues regarding undue influence through campaign contributions, they all do little or nothing to actually solve the problem. I am referring to the 1,000 lbs. gorilla in the room, that all of these initiatives still give the candidates the ability to choose not to accept the public campaign funds offered. So, what's new? The current system already makes public funds available; the catch is, like all of the reform initiatives currently being proposed, if the candidate agrees to take the public funds they are prohibited from taking private donations, and as we all can see, no candidate opts for that because it would limit their fund raising ability. So what I'm saying is this; unless a campaign reform initiative requires the candidates to use only public funds, while making all private donations to candidates illegal, there missing the mark on what is truly required to vanquish influence pedaling and put our government back in the hands of the people where it belongs.
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