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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Russia Today: The Alyona Show- 'Show & Tell: Limiting Campaign Contributions?'

Source:Russia Today-The Sexy Blonde?

"RT (formerly Russia Today) is a state-controlled international television network funded by the federal tax budget of the Russian government.[5][6] It operates pay television channels directed to audiences outside of Russia, as well as providing Internet content in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, and Russian.

RT operates as a multilingual service with conventional channels in five languages: the original English-language channel was launched in 2005, the Arabic-language channel in 2007, Spanish in 2009, German in 2014 and French in 2017. RT America (since 2010),[7] RT UK (since 2014) and other regional channels also offer some locally based content." 

From Wikipedia 

"We told you about Republican Presidential Candidate Buddy Roemer who has capped his campaign contributions at $100 so that no special interests can interfere with his political message. Find out if our viewers think Americans should be limited in how much they can donate to political campaigns? Now we want to know with the economic and political turmoil which has rocked the European Union, do you think the EU as we know it, will survive the next couple of years?" 

From Russia Today  

For anyone who is actually familiar with the U.S. Supreme Court and the current ideological makeup of the court and is actually interested in fixing the American campaign finance system, I have some suggestions that could not only pass Congress (because it would hurt both parties and both chambers) but could also stand judicial scrutiny, because it would also be constitutional. 

My plan is not only constitutional, but it would actually fix the problem, which is not common in Washington, perhaps especially in Congress: full-disclosure on all political financial contributions to all incumbents and candidates. Every Federal incumbent and candidate would have to report all of their political contributions (within 24 hours) to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and post those contributions on their campaign website. Incumbents would also have to report their contributions on their official websites, as well as current elected office holders who are running for another office. 

And then you have to eliminate all partisan gerrymandering in the U.S. House and require the states to draw up their U.S. House districts that represent their state, not what's in the best interest of the current party in power in that state. 

The left-wing in America will never be able to outlaw private money and contributions to political campaigns. I believe honest, intelligent leftists, actually understand that. And they don't want full-disclosure, because American voters will see just how Far-Left and controversial they are. But again if government is about problem solving (with the current political situation you would have to be high and drunk to believe that) this is a solution that could actually fix the problem.