Editorial In USA Today Tackles House Ethics Inquiry Into Defense Contracts And The Role Of Campaign Cash

Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 11:45am.

USA Today editorialized today on the House ethics inquiry into defense appropriations and the appearance of a correlation between campaign cash and the awarding of defense contracts and call for public financing of elections as a remedy for perceived undue special interest influence. 

 

"What opponents fail to acknowledge is that the current system is untenable. When lawmakers spend huge amounts of time and energy raising money, and more than half the public thinks members of Congress can be bought, it's past time to get special interest money out of elections. If lawmakers no longer feel indebted to big donors, taxpayers are likely to come out ahead."

 

For the whole editorial, click here.


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