Originally Posted by
EL Jimbo
Spending money is NOT free speech. I'm not saying it would be perfect. I'm just saying it would be better.
Also, why would the Detroit City council or any of those other organizations be in charge of elections? Besides, I hate to break this to you, but if you are concerned about centrally planned, government controlled elections perhaps you forgot your high school civics class that would have taught you that government agencies are already in charge of elections. Do you think the government is like the Academy Awards where they hire Ernst & Young to certify the vote?
The bottom line is that elections would be LESS centrally planned under this system. Instead of two parties and the massive influx of cash from their corporate/organized labor/special interest backers drowning out any other competition so that the election is narrowed down to only their candidates, we could have a variety of candidates with a much broader spectrum of ideas and opinions truly participate. In addition, because candidates don't have to fund their own campaigns, there is no wealth barrier keeping potential candidates from running. People from all walks of life could run.