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Politics : The Castle
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To: TimF who wrote (512)11/15/2002 11:29:36 AM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 7936
 
Those are valid points, but aren't you concerned about the corrupting influence of big money on politics today? I think we have to remember that when the Constitution was written, there was no radio, no TV, no rapidly distributed national newspapers, all dominated by a limited number of outlets with very expensive access and requiring politicans to raise enormous amounts of money to communicate with large numbers of voters. (Also, Congress wasn't a full time job at all, so these were politicians who lived in their districts for most of the year.)

The concepts of free political speech were quite different then from what they are now. I think the widsom of their concept of free political speech is being distorted by the changes in technology and money.

Does this not concern you at all?

If so, what alternate suggeestions do you have?
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