Detail Naming Names; Campaign Finance   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 405 no. 8812 (Nov. 2012), page 18. Topik: Political Finance; First Amendment-US; Reforms Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.74 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel There are strict, and rather low, limits on how much money presidential and congressional campaigns can get from any individual, and an outright ban on companies and unions donating to candidates directly. Yet there have always been ways of getting round those restrictions, and a fresh tide of "soft money" was unleashed in 2010 when the Supreme Court ruled that, under the First Amendment, which protects free speech, independent organisations may support or oppose candidates or their messages, however they are funded, so long as they do not co-ordinate with those candidates' campaigns. There are ways of making America's system work better while retaining its spirit. The so-called 501(c)s--the vehicles for most of this new money--could be required to explain who they get their cash from, and disclosure laws should also be tightened for super-PACs, another campaigning outfit. A useful draft law, the DISCLOSE Act, would require any organisation that spends more than $10,000 on political campaigning to identify any donor who gives it more than $10,000 Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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