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Originally Posted by Delgar
From the "surprised but not surprised" department, the NDP have come up with yet another way to pickpocket taxpayers involuntarily. This is just pure greed:
"If passed, an Alberta government plan will see taxpayer dollars help fund the province’s election campaigns.
The recommendation was made by Edmonton-Ellerslie NDP MLA Rod Loyola in Wednesday’s ethics committee meeting. He proposed parties and candidates get a rebate for half of their campaign expenses, as long as they get at least 10 per cent of the vote."
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2016/08/1...-wildrose-says |
I haven't really thought this through, but I would eliminate all corporate/union contributions and allow a maximum of say $500 or $1000 for individuals. At the same time I would reduce the amount that campaigns are allowed to spend, and eliminate public election signage (private property only). If you put strict law on how money can be spent, you reduce the amount that needs to be spent and collected in the first place.
This would mean that parties and candidates would rely on individual donors entirely, and then because they can only spend the money in certain ways it would make it more even for everyone without a public subsidy.