From: Ascmjk@aol.com
Date: Sun Jul 18 2004 - 15:11:21 BST
In a message dated 7/17/2004 12:46:27 PM Central Standard Time,
pholden@sc.rr.com writes:
> I would be. I think politicians are too controlled by special interests.
It
> is like the social governing the Intellectual. But, I'd say that this
> requires changes to the electoral-campaign process overall. Ideally, a
> blanket ban such as this would make "honest, value-driven" people run for
> office, but we'd have to be watchful that it would not instead create a
> system where only the "wealthy" could run for office. Much as we need
> reform, a plutocracy is not the direction we should go.
Tell that to millionaires Bush, Cheny, Kerry and what's his name, the
trial lawyer.
In a way, special interests are just another form of checks and balances.
Jon
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