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Should the US government help fund election campaigns?
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Results so far:
| Yes | 31% | 155 votes | Total: 500 votes | |
| No | 69% | 345 votes |
Yes
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by Ted Sherman
Created on: June 30, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
The ideal political situation would be that elections should feature only candidates who have no financial
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by Xelan Bonn
Created on: July 23, 2007 Last Updated: January 17, 2011
We could dramatically improve our election process to secure better candidates and choices if we utilized
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by K. Russell
Created on: September 25, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Not only should the US government help fund election campaigns, the government should provide a fixed
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Created on: February 04, 2010
You don't have to go far to find a person who is fed up with politics. During this last election you
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by Jesse Lyman
Created on: March 11, 2010 Last Updated: March 12, 2010
Should the Federal Government pay for election campaigns? It would be the most sensible thing we could
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Created on: October 08, 2009 Last Updated: October 11, 2009
Elections are the bread and butter of our Constitutional Democratic Republic. In practice, elections
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by iiivix
Created on: December 13, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Some politicians need money to advertise themselves. A partial funding from the government to fund election
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Created on: December 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Absolutely, we, the people, should be the ones who's support is needed to become elected. We can see
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by Doctor Bob
Created on: August 08, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
What we have here is popularly called a "no-brainer." Of course we should pay for elections through
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Created on: December 26, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Politicians should not be in the fund-raising business. Money is influence, and politicians are held
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Created on: October 04, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
THE POWER OF GOLD
Here's your quiz: if Candidate X chooses to accept no private money and opts for public -
by Stacy Litz
Created on: June 30, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
It's not a question of "should" they help fund election campaigns, it's more like "are they willing
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Created on: October 24, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Should the US government help fund election campaigns? Yes, not only the Federal Government, but State,
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by Greg Slack
Created on: March 26, 2008
SHOULD THE US GOVERNMENT HELP FUND ELECTION CAMPAIGNS?
I say yes to this and my reasons are simple and
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No
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by Earl Mcgill
Created on: April 11, 2009
The shortest, shoot-from-the-hip answer to the question, "Should the U. S. Government Help Finance Election
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by Joseph Malek
Created on: October 22, 2007 Last Updated: August 02, 2009
Clearly, the funding by the elected Politicians within our Government of the United States of America
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by Will Kester
Created on: July 18, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
The role of government, in an ideal world, is to level the playing field so that individual efforts
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Created on: July 07, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
The US government should NOT help fund election campaigns. It would only make the problem worse!
Without
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by Chad Morgan
Created on: April 15, 2009
The United States Government is one that is very unique. It is so unique that just about every new country
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Created on: June 30, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
The State must be separated from everything such as Church, School, Business, and Election Campaigning.
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Created on: May 25, 2007 Last Updated: July 27, 2009
If the potential elected officials, can currently with high unemployment find so much money to spend
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Created on: April 07, 2009
The initial reaction to this suggestion would tend to be no due to potential conflicts of interest stemming
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Created on: July 19, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
The US government already has its fingers in too many pies. We need less government intervention, not
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by Gloria Allen
Created on: November 03, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
No. The Government should not, under any circumstances fund election campaigns, for many reasons.
First,
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by Larry Head
Created on: November 21, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
I firmly believe that a taxpayer funded election campaigns flies in the very face of the constitution
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Created on: April 09, 2009
Take yourself back to elementary school, or high school even, do you remember when different students
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Created on: September 13, 2008
No! Why should they? This is the chance they take to further political ambitions. Not only do I feel
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by Drew Price
Created on: July 19, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
A government that is able to fund candidates can essentially use taxpayer money to choose it's own officers.
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by Tj Sly
Created on: October 05, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Over burdened budgets and continuously rising taxes should be a clear signal that the US government
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Created on: June 01, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
The government should not give any money to election campaigns. By allowing the government to help with
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