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Should the Federal government stop giving out campaign money (you know the $ from the tax return checkbox) because some politicians have gone to jail?

Posted by CovingtonCat Sep 15 '09, 07:55

If the standard is to condemn an entire organization because one or more individuals or groups within the organization have broken the law then I say yes.

Just throwing that out there.

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That's a voluntary donation, yes? - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:57 15
- Then let people give it directly to the politicians. Don't have government involvement. - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:02 5
  - Or.....don't check the box. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 08:02 4
    - Or save money by not having the government administer it at all. There's still a cost even if it's voluntary. - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:04 3
      - I'm not arguing the validity of the program. Just your comparison. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 08:05 2
        
        It's all politics. Cutting off funding to ACORN is a knee-jerk reaction. I jerking back in the direction of cutting off funding for politicians who - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:08 1
        
        "don't bother" ^ -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:09
- Maybe the analogy is: Should we stop paying Congresspeople's salaries because at least three have been convicted of crimes? - ty97 Sep 15, 08:01 8
  - We should stop paying those jackholes for a lot more valid reasons than that. -- nm - Ender Sep 15, 08:04 2
    - When they're not posturing politically or stealing they do run the country, you know -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 08:16
    - Of course, it's the paradox that the people who would vote to cut their salary is...them. - ty97 Sep 15, 08:05
  - Exactly. What's good for the goose, etc. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:02
  - and, more importantly, how many more have committed crimes without being convicted of them? -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 08:02 3
    - I probably commited a number of crimes on the way to work today - oblique Sep 15, 08:07 2
      - Everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever.. -- nm - Terrelle Pryor Sep 15, 08:09
      - Congress should probably remove the funding for the roads you drove on then ;) -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 08:07
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I'm pretty sure that money only goes to matching funds for presidential campaigns. - znufrii Sep 15, 07:57

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