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Title: Money and Politics by David Donnelly, Janice Fine, Ellen S. Miller, Joshua Cohen, Joel Rogers ISBN: 0-8070-4315-X Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Money In Politics? The Solution Is Here
Comment: An excellent little pamphlet summarizing a number of interesting solutions to our current highly flawed campaign system. Not only do Fine, Miller and Donnelly offer a compelling solution that has already proven effective at the state level, they also allow their critics to rebut their arguments in the book, this is rare indeed, and welcome. Rarely do you see a volume so evenly discuss and represent contrary and conflicting viewpoints so well. It is certainly food for thought, and will provide even those opposed to the Fine/Miller/Donnelly solution with interesting reading. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in contemporary politics, but especially those who feel that money has distorted or destroyed the American system. Highly recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: Must reading for those serious about saving our republic.
Comment: This book is 'required reading' for anyone who gives serious thought to and is deeply concerned by the crisis facing our country in the form of our corrupting system of financing political campaigns. The authors have been 'in the trenches' for some time in the battle to restore sense and balance to our country's political arena. The format in which the authors outline their proposal, then solicit replies from different perspectives, then finally retort and rebuke most other potential solutions, provides the reader with a blueprint for debate. Since there is no longer any meaningful argument in favor of the current political financing system, this book proceeds in the logical direction of focusing the debate on the most likely remedies. Now if only the general public would realize that, until campaign finance reform is a reality, the other great issues of our time cannot be solved. My only reservation regarding the author's work is the lack of specific examples which the more casual reader may need to understand the gravity of the issue. Nonetheless, the book is highly reccomended.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent debate on the various reform proposals
Comment: We all know that there is money in politics, but we don't know how to get it out. This book provides an excellent debate on the various options, ranging from full public financing to vouchers to a constitutional amendment to allow limits on campaign contribution levels. In spite of the good arguments made by the debaters, the authors are right on target.
Of the two ways to fund elections, public vs. private money, full public funding presents the most reasonable. Perhaps a more detailed discussion about the incredibly low cost to taxpayers ($10 per year per taxpayer at the federal level, and $5 at the state level), would have better satisfied the debaters. Contrasting that with the $500 to $1500 per year taxpayers are now paying through the hidden-tax system, taxpayer funded elections are a real bargain.
This is a must-read for all campaign reformers, term limiters, anti-taxers and government reducers. Too few Americans realize that by getting private money out of politics, we'll reduce the unnecessary government spending that causes high taxes, reduce the size of government, and eliminate the need for term limits. This book shows how to accomplish this goal.
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Title: Campaign Finance Reform: A Sourcebook by Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, Daniel R. Ortiz, Trevor Potter, Frank J. Sorauf ISBN: 0815715811 Publisher: The Brookings Institution Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Unfree Speech : The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform by Bradley A. Smith ISBN: 0691113696 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Inside the Campaign Finance Debate: Arguments from the Court Battle over BCRA by Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, Trevor Potter ISBN: 0815715838 Publisher: The Brookings Institution Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Selling Out by Mark Green ISBN: 0060523921 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future by Peter Schrag ISBN: 0520218981 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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