Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forum'Democracy Dollars': Gillibrand's plan to give every voter $600 to donate to campaigns
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democracy-dollars-gillibrand-s-plan-give-every-voter-600-donate-n1000381In an exclusive interview with NBC News to discuss the roll out of her first major 2020 policy initiative, Gillibrand said her "Clean Elections Plan" would help reduce the influence of big money in politics.
"If you want to accomplish anything that the American people want us to accomplish whether it's healthcare as a right, better public schools, better economy you have to take on the greed and corruption that determine everything in Washington," she said.
Under Gillibrand's plan, every eligible voter could register for vouchers to donate up to $100 in a primary election and $100 in a general election each cycle, either all at once or in $10 increments to one or more candidates over time. Each participant would get a separate $200 pool for House, Senate and presidential contests for a total maximum donation of $600 for those federal offices.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)Politician gives money to voters to spend on politicians? Sounds like a winner.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Chin music
(23,002 posts)Ala tax cuts converted to campaign donations.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Excellent additional way to view it. Wonder where she got this astonishingly bad idea?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Delmette2.0
(4,143 posts)I think the campaigns would do just fine without all the massive secret support.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
marybourg
(12,540 posts)Thats why creative solutions are required.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,182 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Delmette2.0
(4,143 posts)There must be examples of abuse of Citizens United that can be brought up through the court system.
Perhaps no one in the Senate or House wants to make it go away.
I just can't see how $600 from individual doners makes a any difference against millions in Super PACS.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Much of that $12 trillion vulnerable to propaganda hijackings? Such as $7 trillion sent to Trump to stop the Democrats' imminent fascist takeover? An explosion in the number and power of professional legislature and court packers?
Don't think so!
We need much, much, much less money in elections than now, not far more, and a better informed electorate. We need something like the old Fairness Doctrine the Republicans needed to get rid of to assure a period of honest and significant news every day. That could also include taxpayer provided candidate and debate time.
Campaign seasons also need to be much shorter, as they once were, long enough for candidates to become known to electorates but much too short and monetarily lean to support a permanent election industry. And end to unending 2-year-long election segments and to the large numbers in the media corrupted by spending their lives associating/socializing with the people they cover.
And we need to do something about the use of modern media to subvert the understanding of entire electorates.
None of this would be served by flooding more money into the process.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Chin music
(23,002 posts)Flood money back to taxpayer services, and infrastructure. imho.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
genxlib
(5,508 posts)But I agree with your point wholeheartedly.
This would just be a windfall for media companies because they would end up getting the loot in the end.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)that much any more. And here I go. Of course, when they came after us with the Tax Heist, they didn't bother with just billions either. Nothing but trillions would do.
Yes, windfall for media companies, election hacks and pimps, and the wealthy. Chin Music's right. Wealthy donors would "donate" through manipulable taxpayers, just another, but very large, shift of the costs of their poison Kool-Aid onto the shoulders of the target classes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden