2019 Federal Election

[ijmorlan]

Any chance we could harness this hate to get rid of the per-$ subsidy? Or is that so long-standing that it’s a fool’s errand?

Probably.  That being said, it's money back to people, which makes it less "hated" even though th eeffect is the same.

That being said, I'm not sure I agree, we have strong limits on contributions, all of these things combine to reduce the effect of big money in our elections.

I agree we don’t really have much of a “big money” problem. I just think that if the choice is a per $ subsidy vs. a per vote subsidy, we should go with the per vote. Or nothing. Plus I’m still annoyed at the flagrantly dishonest argumentation.

I don’t mind one bit people disagreeing with me, but it does bug me when fraudulent or otherwise invalid arguments achieve prominence.