Letting taxpayers fund parties directly could revive our rotten system – and at £1 per elector, it would be cheaper too It's a revolting spectacle: the two presidential candidates engaged in a frantic and demeaning scramble for money. By 6 November, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will each have raised more than $1bn. Other groups have already spent a further billion. Every election costs more than the one before; every election, as a result, drags the United States deeper into c...
When corporations bankroll politics, we all pay the price | George Monbiot
The Guardian - 29 Oct 2012 23:30
Letting taxpayers fund parties directly could revive our rotten system – and at £1 per elector, it would be cheaper too It's a revolting spectacle: the two presidential candidates engaged in a frantic and demeaning scramble for money. By 6 November, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will each have raised more than $1bn. Other groups have already spent a further billion. Every election costs more than the one before; every election, as a result, drags the United States deeper into c...
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