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To: tejek who wrote (177895)	11/11/2003 7:11:30 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578290

Ted, I am still in shock that under campaign reform, a presidential candidate can spend up to $60 million. A multi-billionnaire like George Soros can easily spend that much and more. And there aren't any laws preventing him from doing so. Do you see the point here? We have a ton of campaign finance laws on the books, but the money continues to flow into politics. The idea was to reduce the influence of "special interests" on government, such as the EOC (Evil Oil Companies). The Enron and Worldcom scandals helped to contribute to the 2002 version of campaign finance reform (McCain-Feingold), but it was all for naught. The truth is that George Soros is a special interest. MoveOn.org is a special interest. Planned Parenthood is a special interest. The AFL/CIO is a special interest. (And those are just the liberal ones.) Every single one of us is a special interest. It doesn't matter whether the special interest is grassroots or based on big business or whatever. They wield their influence one way or another, and it matters not whether their interests align with those of the majority. Remember when you were harping on Darrell Issa for starting the whole recall drive in California? How you lamented how he was able to spend millions to get the signatures necessary for a recall? What's the difference between Issa and Soros, besides the fact that Soros isn't running for office himself? Both are cases of rich guys who spend (proportionally) tons of money to further their own political agenda or vision. Is that so wrong? Tenchusatsu