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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (11252)	3/17/1998 5:16:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Precisely. I want them to enforce the law rather than sweep scandals under the rug by passing more laws that may or may not be enforced. The media would love to shut down advocacy spending because it challenges their power to control the agenda. As George Will has pointed out, the US spends about the same $ amount during a Presidential election year on political spending as is spent on advertising yogurt. That's hardly excessive. Full disclosure is an answer. (Not the Buddist temple money laundering stuff).

To: DMaA who wrote (11252)	3/17/1998 5:27:00 PM
From: BlueCrab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

David -- <<Typical govm't response to a problem. Politicians aren't obeying the current laws, better pass some more laws.>> Current campaign finance laws aren't broken BECAUSE THEY ARE SO FAVORABLE TO INCUMBENCY! And when it gets down to it, laws are the only political currency (aside from that ephemeral commodity, public opinion); paybacks come in laws. Elected officials pass laws because laws are more subtle than guns and less likely to get you prison time.