[CUGreens] Another letter!

[Michael Satanbaby <fannywahoo@excite.com>]

I had my friend Trish send this one for me because I am over my monthly
letter-to-the-editor quota!


With all due respect to Angela Case ("Don't throw your vote away" letter to
the Editor Sept 11), I feel it necessary to clear up her (and others')
confusion about campaign finance reform.

Neither Bush nor Gore- nor Nader for that matter- has asked his supporters
for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The maximum donation per individual,
by law, is $1000 . The maximum donation per corporation, by law, is $0.

The statement "(The Gore campaign are) the most likely to push campaign
finance legislation. They are the ones getting the $25 donations," reflects
a basic misunderstanding of what campaign finance reform is all about. These
huge chunks of money are not unique to the Republicans by any means
whatsoever. It is called "Soft Money" and the Democrats are absolutely 100%
just as guilty. Soft Money- money from corporations trying to influence
elections- was outlawed in 1907. But this law is NEVER EVER enforced- by
Democrats OR Republicans. In fact, many corporations (AT&T, Microsoft,
Enron, Freddie Mac, Philip Morris, AOL, Seagram, Citigroup, Amoco, Verizon,
Pfizer, Limited, Fannie Mae, American Financial Group- to name a few) have
given hundreds of thousands of dollars to BOTH candidates. But I'm sure they
don't expect anything in return... 

I would encourage people to look up http://www.commoncause.org to learn
about soft money and its influence.

The REAL reason that the Green Party is asking for the maximum $1000 as
opposed to $25 is that Nader is practicing what he preaches. He is obeying
the law. And it's not like Nader wouldn't love a simple $25 dollars. He's
just sticking to the laws of this country, and to his convictions. 

If Al Gore and George W. Bush want to reform campaign finance, why won't
they simply start with their OWN campaigns?  If Al Gore- "The Most
Influential Vice-President In History" genuinely wanted to reform campaign
finance enforcement, he would have done it during the last eight years. The
only reason either "major" party candidate are even talking about it is
Ralph Nader, who acts on his beliefs. Nader- unlike Bush or Gore- refuses to
accept soft money. 

Those of us with the bumper stickers and signs in our yards probably knew
that already.


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