Patrick Bateman said in one of the election threads that he thinks it is stupid that public money pays for election campaigns
i actually think exactly the opposite.
i would LOVE to see a system that made it so
- once you have seats or _ percent of the popular vote, you are no longer able to use ANY money other than government money for your campaign.
the allowing private money to be used for start ups would make it so new parties could form, independants could run etc etc
You could have a tiered funding where if you hit seats or _ percent you get _ flat
I think one of the biggest issues going in canada and the states is that parties are owned by unions or big business.
thoughts
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