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Tickerguy Posts: 203801 Registered: 2007-06-26 
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Quote:OK, then I'll grant you everything you just stated. That being the case, then why do you feel politicians should not be allowed to receive funds from anyone but their constituents? Doesn't that contradict the argument? Is there a constitutional basis for that? No. A politician is an employee of the people. We thus can set the terms of his or her employment, and among them can be how he is compensated as a consequence of that employment. The purpose of electing representatives is to have them be OUR voice in the government. We do not live in a democracy - we live in a representative republic. As such strengthening the bond between the represented and the representer by forbidding the politician from funding his or her campaigns with other than monies from the represented is entirely reasonable - and again, this is as a term of employment (which we have a right to set.) We have no say over what he charges as a speaking fee once he leaves office, for example, but while in office we can bar people from paying him to speak during his or her employment as a condition of his or her job. Quote:
Yes. 2010-01-23 17:39:58
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