Only individuals would be allowed to contribute to individual candidates and legitimate Parties only, no PACS
While I agree that groups and corporations should not be able to contribute (after all, they can't vote), I would have to express concern about limiting the ways in which individuals are permitted to contribute to PACS, or other advocacy groups (soft money).
After all, the ability to contribute money is an additional means of casting one's vote, with their checks representing their "ballot", as well as an expression of freedom of speech and association. To bar it is to potentially violate an individual's 1st amendment rights.
While it is legal to limit the amount of money that can be individually contributed to a particular candidate, to limit someone's ability to express their opinion via support for soft money political interest groups is a line that I think we should be very careful in crossing.
Regards,
Ron |
