November 29th, 2010
10:14 AM ET
7 years ago
High court to review Arizona election finance law
WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will review an Arizona election law providing matching funds to underfunded candidates. The court had put off consideration of an appeal of the measure until the conclusion of recent statewide elections.
The justices temporarily blocked enforcement of the clean elections law in June, ordering state officials not to distribute money under the measure. The law would provide extra taxpayer-funded support for office seekers who have been outspent by privately funded opponents or by independent political groups.
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All you need to do is STOP the corporations from interfering with our elections or EXPOSE who they are so American citizens/voters could decide whether or not we will continue to PATRONIZE them!! They pour money into candidates we MAY NOT support!
Let's continue to Move America Forward with our current leader, President Obama!!
I don't see why citizens who work enough to earn money can't donate their money to political candidates without having to pay taxes to counteract their political contributions and therefore support candidates who most likely are opposed to the actual earning of income.
Instead of matching funds with taxpayer money, shouldn't we instead enforce a cap on how much money can be spent on a political campaign? The burden should not be on us!
So, if I understand this correctly, the Supreme Court, who gave the go-ahead for anonymous donors to give unlimited
amounts of money to candidates, under the auspices of concocted "organizations" like the ones Karl Rove dummied
up, are now considering allowing Arizona to use taxpayer money to help "underfunded" candidates in elections.
This sounds like the most idiotic thing to come out of Arizona since McCain and Kyl. If the Supreme Court allows this
stupidity, what will stop all other States from doing the same thing? I thought the Tea Party dunceheads, who now
apparently run Arizona, wanted smaller government, yet they want TAXPAYERS, for goodness sake, to fund
candidates. I truly don't get it, so somebody help me out!