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Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform
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Whose "Special Interests"?
by Thomas Sowell
(August 12, 2008)
Senator Obama has also said many times that he is against "special interests." But, like most politicians who say that, he means that he is against other politicians' special interests. His own special interests are never called special interests.
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Lobbying, Free Speech and The First Amendment
by Nicholas Provenzo
(March 29, 2008)
Those who seek to shackle lobbyists and regulate political campaigners attack a fundamental freedom: the right to persuade others of the merits of one's views.
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Attacking Lobbyists: The Real Problem is Government's Ability to Grant "Favors"
by Walter Williams
(January 18, 2006)
A much better explanation for the millions going to the campaign coffers of Washington politicians lies in the awesome growth of government control over business, property, employment and other areas of our lives.
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Limit Lobbying By Cutting Government
by Daniel J. Mitchell
(February 5, 2004)
The real problem is that government is too big and has too much power -- and this attracts lobbyists for the same reason that rotten meat attracts flies.
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Campaign-Finance Reform Attacks Victims of Government Corruption
by Onkar Ghate
(December 17, 2003)
If stopping the selling of favors in Washington is the goal, why does no one demand that we simply enforce the laws that make such action illegal? After all, we combat police corruption by prosecuting officers who take kickbacks to overlook crimes. We combat judicial corruption by prosecuting judges who accept bribes in exchange for making unjust rulings. Why not similarly go after Congressmen who trade legislative decisions for campaign contributions?
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Campaign Finance Limits Violate Free Speech
by Andrew Lewis
(October 6, 2003)
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act--under review by the U.S. Supreme Court--is an ominous limitation on free speech.
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Portrait of the Greenspan Era
by Don Luskin
(May 6, 2003)
When it comes to monetary policy, a picture may be worth 100,000 of Alan Greenspan's words.
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Money, Wealth, and the Corruption of Government
by S.M. Oliva
(February 11, 2003)
Wealth is not the cause of corruption in government. If anything, it's a symptom. Campaign contributions are not just about obtaining favors; for many businessmen, they're a means of self-defense against populists who seek to destroy private property rights.
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Campaign Finances and Corruption
by Robert W. Tracinski
(April 18, 2002)
In one of the great ironies of contemporary politics, Congress passed an economic "stimulus" package the day after the recession was declared to be over. Obviously, the legislators didn't really care about stimulating the economy, which had already stimulated itself.
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Campaign Finance Reform Diversions
by Walter Williams
(April 9, 2002)
Congress' campaign reform measure clearly violates the Constitution's First Amendment, and they all know it. They fully expect the U.S. Supreme Court to rule parts of the bill unconstitutional but, like the contractor who built the Buddhist statue on the Catholic church altar, Congress is using the part that violates free speech to divert attention from other incumbent protection features of its campaign finance reform bill.
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