Reduce Campaign Spending

Show me the money [trail]

This site completely supports the Constitution. There is no call here for abridging anyone's right to speek freely. Anyone should be allowed to spend as much money as they wish to support their views. However, the People should always know who is speaking. As a result, all campaign funds should be clearly attached to the individuals who provided them. If the funds came from a company, the campaign funding list should include all directors and ranking officers. At a minimum, a neutral party, perhaps a government entity, perhaps an expanded existing site (e.g. www.opensecrets.org) should list all donors to all candidates on a web site specifically for that purpose.

Reduce the money in politics

Better still will be the time when a candidate can campaign without fundraising. This web site promotes candidates who have agreed not to request and refuse to accept money from others. Instead, those voters who wish to support the candidate will print their own signs, buttons, bumper stickers, and other literature from the candidate's web site at their own expense and post or distribute them. Spending the money directly ensures that it is spent on what the supporter wants to support and eliminates the campaign finance middleman. Supporters can call, write, e-mail, text message or contact their friends in any way they choose, eliminating the banks of telemarketers or campaign callers.