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To: c.horn who wrote (469)	1/18/2002 10:21:59 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3602

The other part of the contributions is that corporations or individuals will contribute to candidates who they believe already have views that will be beneficial to them. If I give $100 to the Libertarian candidate, I really don't expect to influence that candidate to vote for things that benefit me, I give the contribution because I want that candidate to get into office (I know, I know, an absurd assumption when talking about libertarians) because s/he can be expected to be the closest representative of my views. Saying that the politicians are "bought" when the politicians already supported a corporation's agenda's, isn't really being "bought".