When Campaign Finance 'Transparency' - Ain't At All Transparent
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Transparency for Thee - Not for Me In no small part because of very stupid, anti-First Amendment campaign finance “reform” laws - there exist non-profit entities that were created to allow us to engage in government-approved-and-limited political speech. The three most populous such federal entities - are colloquially named after their Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax code designations. They are the 501(C)3, the 501(C)4 and the 527. Each has different requirements for how much of your speech you have to clear with the government. But make no mistake - all of them have government-speech-approval requirements. And - government-mandated speech limits. And of course - to varying degrees, each of the fifty states has similar laws and entities in place. I think the entire campaign finance “reform” uber-structure - is an affront to thinking humans everywhere. That being said: As long as we are blighted with these awful laws and requirements - I’d like to see everyone be equally so blighted. As the late, great Ron Silver’s “West Wing” character Bruno Gianelli
When Campaign Finance 'Transparency' - Ain't At All Transparent
When Campaign Finance 'Transparency' - Ain't…
When Campaign Finance 'Transparency' - Ain't At All Transparent
Transparency for Thee - Not for Me In no small part because of very stupid, anti-First Amendment campaign finance “reform” laws - there exist non-profit entities that were created to allow us to engage in government-approved-and-limited political speech. The three most populous such federal entities - are colloquially named after their Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax code designations. They are the 501(C)3, the 501(C)4 and the 527. Each has different requirements for how much of your speech you have to clear with the government. But make no mistake - all of them have government-speech-approval requirements. And - government-mandated speech limits. And of course - to varying degrees, each of the fifty states has similar laws and entities in place. I think the entire campaign finance “reform” uber-structure - is an affront to thinking humans everywhere. That being said: As long as we are blighted with these awful laws and requirements - I’d like to see everyone be equally so blighted. As the late, great Ron Silver’s “West Wing” character Bruno Gianelli