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Originally Posted by Delgar
There's only so much door-knocking can do, and that's by each candidate. To get a message out about policy, you have to advertise. That takes money. Its effectively speech in this age. As stated above its not ideal, but it is.
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Well I don't disagree that speech is somewhat equal to money in this system as it stands today. That is exactly why we need strict limits to make sure that everyone gets the same amount of input. If you open the door to people with more money being able to influence the system more than anyone else there are a number of significant issues with that.
Does a lower spending limit mean that campaigns need to generate other ways to get their word out? Sure. It means they have to focus on earned media as opposed to just spending more money on TV ads or whatever to spin things the way they prefer. I think that is a net positive for the process though.