Post by Navigateur on Feb 21, 2012 22:11:31 GMT -6
Surely "money buys our politicians" can be summed up in two phenomena - 1. corruption 2. private campaign financing. So why shouldn't the 28th Amendment simply ban both:
Section 1. A government guided only by conscience; no elected official within the United States shall be permitted to raise, or benefit from, any wealth in whatever form or however used, offered by anyone during or after their time in Office as a result of any decision he or she was expected to make or made while in Office.
Section 2. Each person who shall have officially declared candidacy for elected Office within the United States shall be given an equal amount of wealth as each of his or her competitors to campaign for Office. No candidate nor prospective candidate shall have been permitted before the end of the election, including before his or her official declaration of candidacy, to have spent any wealth outside of this amount to campaign for Office, nor to have compelled any other entity or person to do so.
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Section 1. A government guided only by conscience; no elected official within the United States shall be permitted to raise, or benefit from, any wealth in whatever form or however used, offered by anyone during or after their time in Office as a result of any decision he or she was expected to make or made while in Office.
Section 2. Each person who shall have officially declared candidacy for elected Office within the United States shall be given an equal amount of wealth as each of his or her competitors to campaign for Office. No candidate nor prospective candidate shall have been permitted before the end of the election, including before his or her official declaration of candidacy, to have spent any wealth outside of this amount to campaign for Office, nor to have compelled any other entity or person to do so.
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