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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (134031)	3/28/2001 10:47:21 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

I think that 'buying' representation leads to corruptable candidates. The politicians are forced into a game of weighing their goals and ethics versus the dollar amounts given to them by unions and corporations. Obviously, if company A gave twice as much as company B, I'd have to give them fair value, else next election they won't pony up. If each company were limited to a representative amount of dollars, I think that would be fine. The current situation is akin to having a vote that is proportional to the amount of tax you may. My tax man just called me; boy, would I have a lot of clout this year. :)