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Campaign Finance Essay, Research Paper

?No matter what your social issue, if you want to solve it get the money out

of politics. Only then will lawmakers vote for their people rather than their

pocketbooks.? Jack E. Lohman. Money corrupts politics, and when contributions

are being made to candidates it is not in the best interest of the American

people. Campaign Finance is out of control in today?s political races.

Candidates are taking money from wherever and whoever they can get it. Soft

money is flowing through elections without care or caution. People who make

these contributions do not share the views of the average citizen, so

politicians end up representing the wrong people. Money decides races, sometimes

leaving the better man but lighter spender out of a position. Candidates make

decisions based on what will help them financially that what is better for the

people. Contributions by industry are made not in the interest of the people,

sometimes hurting them in ways they don?t even know. No matter what the

opposition may say campaign finance reform is needed urgently to keep our

democracy as our founders intended it. People and corporations that make the

largest donations to campaigns do not share views with the general population.

Politicians will listen to those who give them money so that they can depend on

that money being there again when it is time for reelection. Yet individual

donors making a $200 dollar or more contribution make up only .33% of the

population. This extremely small percentage of mostly wealthy individuals gain

the power to influence politicians to their liking. The idea that these people

should have power to affect government more than those with less money goes

against the concept of equality for all, which is what made this country great.

People who make large donations do not share the same views on most issues as

the general population. Robert L. Borosage and Ruy Teixeira report that while 53

percent of voters want stricter regulations on businesses and corporations, to

give workers a fair salary and working conditions, 58 percent of campaign donors

want to see less control over the businesses and corporations of America. Donors

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