Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro View Post
This would be good to have, but the "X amount" will have to be high, otherwise it will be impossible for unknown candidates to overcome those with name recognition. We'd end up with bush-clinton-bush-clinton etc.
Not only name recognition, but pork. Once they're in, the politicians can do all the vote buying they want and they don't even have to raise money- they have access to the government coffers.


Kukri, that's not money, that's free speech. Why do you hate monetary freedom?
It is free speech.

I also don't like the idea of term limits- but I really don't like the idea of career politicians either. Id rather the voters throw them out of office, but that doesn't seem to happen much....

How about we start our reforms by repealing the 17th Amendment.