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Campaign Finance Reform


Should campaign finance be reformed? I believe that campaign finances should not be reformed because one, there is evidence that these finances do not corrupt the politician; two, the other side cannot name individuals who are corrupt and three, the money is beneficial to the campaign of the person running for office.
Mr. Cox argues that the amounts of money spent in campaigns today corrupt the people running for office. He also argues that the public faith in democracy has been diminished and can only be restored through reform. Mr. Cox presents a solution to this problem. He starts out by speaking about the Ethics in Government Act passed in 1978 that demands a “detailed periodic ...

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bundling must be prohibited; fourth, the flow of soft money must be stopped and lastly, a reconstitution of the Federal Elections Commission (who Cox believes has not done much as an enforcement agency).
Mr. Smith argues that it costs money to communicate with the public. He says, “…from every ballot referendum to races for every office (the amount spent yearly)…is less that the amount spent on potato chips. (p 54)” Later in the article, Smith argues that, “On a per-voter basis, our expenditures are equally low: less that $2.50 per eligible voter per year, or the cost of a video rental. (p 55)” Smith believes that victory may attract the money, not the other way around. Smith points out that the confidence level of the people towards the government is half what it was in 1974 despite the reforms.
I do not believe that campaign finance should be reformed because I do not believe that money makes all the decisions for a politician. There is evidence by economists and ...

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