Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
What constitutes a "party"? Would that mean that the Anarchists and the Tea Party would get the same pot of money that the Democrats and the Republicans get? Wouldn't that be open to abuse?

How much money? A Presidential campaign cycle costs our nation roughly the amount we spend on chewing gum for one year. Is that enough? Too much? Too little? Who decides?

And then there's the whole SOCIALISM thing, which we tend to scream whenever anything isn't done by Goldman Sachs or Halliburton. It's an endearing tic of ours.
IIRC

I think there are 2 levels.

level 1. partys with X thousand signed members, they get a smaller amount of money, mainly to produce voting tickets and stuff.

level 2. partys backed by more than 4% of the population, 4% is also the minimum required to be represented in parliament. This money should go to adverts and stuff.


How much money... You would have to decide that yourself. Enough to make yourself heard, but not so much that you deafen people is what I would recommend.

The bolded part though is why I agree it's unlikely to be taken seriously anytime soon.