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However if these super PACS are going donate money independently of the campaigns required by current law, the donors I feel should be open and known to the public as to who is making these donations to the NRA, Restore Our Future, American Crossroads, Americans for Prosperity, American Future fund, Planned Parenthood, Priorities USA Action, etc...
Do candidates, especially non-incumbents, have enough money to get their message out? Do wealthy candidates have too much?
Are campaign contributions an exercise in free speech, which under the 1st Amendment should be protected?
Should there be public disclosure of donations or should they be secret?
Money is always important in politics, but never more than now.
Since the 1900s you look back at how legislators and reformers have tried to reduce the influence of money... how its raised, how much is raised, disclosing such contributors.
If you take a look at how how much the Obama campaigned raised and the Romney campaign raised there is a clear distinction which party has more of the wealthy supporters particularly the Super PACS and the outside spending, although Obama did out fund raise Romney.
However if these super PACS are going donate money independently of the campaigns required by current law, the donors I feel should be open and known to the public as to who is making these donations to the NRA, Restore Our Future, American Crossroads, Americans for Prosperity, American Future fund, Planned Parenthood, Priorities USA Action, etc...
Do candidates, especially non-incumbents, have enough money to get their message out? Do wealthy candidates have too much?
Are campaign contributions an exercise in free speech, which under the 1st Amendment should be protected?
Should there be public disclosure of donations or should they be secret?
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