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at a competitive price. Competitive prices would be of great help to those who

are on a fixed income, such as the elderly population, and cannot afford the

high price of medications. Contributions of !8.4 million going to campaigns and

8.4 million in soft money from medicine developing companies have influenced

politicians to lengthen the amount of time that patents on drugs last, costing

Americans millions. These are just three examples of how industries hurt the

people of America by donating to campaigns. There are many more hurting average

citizens everyday, without them even knowing it. In the end taxpayer pay for

these contributions that hurt them so much anyway. When a large business makes a

donation, they must make up for the lost money. They do this by raising the

prices that they charge consumers. Congress gives the contributions back to

companies through corporate welfare. 167 billion dollars a year is given to

companies that donated to campaigns. This money has to come from somewhere. It

comes from the taxes every year of John Q. Public. So we are not only paying

higher prices as a result of campaign contributions, but we are paying the

corporations again through corporate welfare. Consumer safety is commonly

ignored because of special interest industries. Higher prices are put upon us a

the cash register every time we buy something from a company that funds

campaigns. Taxes are high because of corporate welfare. Reform is needed to save

Americans from this kind of treatment from the big businesses. Opponents of

Campaign finance reform have many reasons that they feel reform is bad. But most

of these arguments boil down to; contributions are an expression of freedom of

speech, and reform would not help as illegal contributions take place now and

would only be increased with more laws. The voices of those who fund

advertisements that do not go on campaign reports are those of a small minority.

These voices are being heard above all the voices of the greater majority of

people who cannot afford to have their voices heard. Letting one persons opinion

be louder than another goes against the ideas of equality for all, infringing

upon the rights of others. If reform is to take place we must enforce the laws