Comments on: Legislators not influenced by money and gifts? Puh-leaze!!!! http://kvnuforthepeople.com/2008/01/14/legislators-not-influenced-by-money-and-gifts-puh-leaze/ Your news and political fix, from 4 to 6 -- Live from Logan, Utah Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jeremy’s Jeremiad » Utah’s Campaign Finance System Isn’t Broken http://kvnuforthepeople.com/2008/01/14/legislators-not-influenced-by-money-and-gifts-puh-leaze/comment-page-1/#comment-16384 Jeremy’s Jeremiad » Utah’s Campaign Finance System Isn’t Broken Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:54:04 +0000 http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=1317#comment-16384 [...] I’ve griped about it and I’ve read other people griping about it too but I’ve recently come to the conclusion that arguments against Utah’s current campaign finance system are often more flawed than the system itself.  Calls for banning lobbyist gifts or limiting campaign contributions will only result in money being pushed to candidates through different channels.  What we need is a system that maximizes freedom of speech (and no matter what anyone says money in politics equals speech) and that allows citizens to have a full and complete knowledge of who is bankrolling the candidates.  [...] [...] I’ve griped about it and I’ve read other people griping about it too but I’ve recently come to the conclusion that arguments against Utah’s current campaign finance system are often more flawed than the system itself.  Calls for banning lobbyist gifts or limiting campaign contributions will only result in money being pushed to candidates through different channels.  What we need is a system that maximizes freedom of speech (and no matter what anyone says money in politics equals speech) and that allows citizens to have a full and complete knowledge of who is bankrolling the candidates.  [...]

]]> By: Tyson http://kvnuforthepeople.com/2008/01/14/legislators-not-influenced-by-money-and-gifts-puh-leaze/comment-page-1/#comment-15927 Tyson Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:45:29 +0000 http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=1317#comment-15927 Ethics in politics? Why even bother to ask a politician to enforce that? Most don't even know what ethics are anymore. Maybe they just can't live on the salary they get like most other Utahns are forced to. Get a second job so I can go golfing? We can't expect them to do that, they are too busy going to Jazz games in their sparse spare time. Ethics in politics? Why even bother to ask a politician to enforce that? Most don’t even know what ethics are anymore.

Maybe they just can’t live on the salary they get like most other Utahns are forced to. Get a second job so I can go golfing? We can’t expect them to do that, they are too busy going to Jazz games in their sparse spare time.

]]> By: Jeremy’s Jeremiad » How Utah’s Legislators Make Money… http://kvnuforthepeople.com/2008/01/14/legislators-not-influenced-by-money-and-gifts-puh-leaze/comment-page-1/#comment-15897 Jeremy’s Jeremiad » How Utah’s Legislators Make Money… Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:10:06 +0000 http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=1317#comment-15897 [...] Tom at For The People did an excellent job summing up most of the commentary on this issue.  [...] [...] Tom at For The People did an excellent job summing up most of the commentary on this issue.  [...]

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