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jammies · 11-27-2008, 07:40 PM

I voted Green the last two elections, and I have no problem with this law. 940 000 people voted for the Greens last election, if you had just 10% of those people giving just $100 each, that's 9.4 million dollars right there. If you can't get a mere 10% of your putative supporters to donate, your party is doing something wrong and I see no reason why public money should shore up your incompetence.

This is no threat to democracy, it's a threat to parties who can't organize themselves properly. And if you can't even run your own party, why should you be trusted to potentially run the country?

11-27-2008, 07:40 PM	#166
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	I voted Green the last two elections, and I have no problem with this law. 940 000 people voted for the Greens last election, if you had just 10% of those people giving just $100 each, that's 9.4 million dollars right there. If you can't get a mere 10% of your putative supporters to donate, your party is doing something wrong and I see no reason why public money should shore up your incompetence. This is no threat to democracy, it's a threat to parties who can't organize themselves properly. And if you can't even run your own party, why should you be trusted to potentially run the country? __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.