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Alec Ferguson's avatar

Brace yourself for the great howl about socialism.

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Doug G's avatar

Such howls are being made now about anything Dems do. But public funding of campaigns wouldn't include endorsement of party, platform or candidate -- it would only provide the funding to get the message out.

Until Citizens United is overturned, it will never happen in the U.S., and probably not even then.

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MadRussian12A's avatar

Overturning Citizens United..., yeah. We didn't even flinch when that one got greased in. Such disgusting use of noble sounding words..i.e., "citizens united"...., "heritage" foundation...., "make America great (again, yet)..., "right to life"..., huh? And on and on. Like a cleverly baited hook. ha.., "CLEVER" .., such an inocuous, yet insidious word describes the way we've been reamed.

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Doug G's avatar

Yup. Like "Americans for Prosperity". It's almost morbidly humorous to see political ads being sponsored by anodyne-sounding PACs

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Les's avatar

Hello George Orwell.

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