:One easy, in theory,fix -- that will only happen if we demand it -- it is a law that says: "*If you can't vote, you can't contribute to a candidate or party*" -- *that takes corporations, unions, and special interest groups right out of the contribution equation* (until they found a way to sneak in) -- it might require, at some point. a Constitution Amendment if the Corporations (now legal persons) sued to be able to vote -- but we could cross that bridge when we came to it.
The only way to ever get this through would be to make it a requirement for voter support as in "sign this pledge" -- so it would probably never happen. Individuals could contribute with possible limits -- there would have to safeguards against fraud -- individuals passing along money from organizations, Anyone interested? -- "*Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.*" -- *Daniel Patrick Moynihan * "*When you come to the fork in the road, take it*" -- *L.P. Berra* "*Always make new mistakes*" - *Esther Dyson* "*The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little*." -- *Franklin D. Roosevelt<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/franklind163168.html> * "*Do or Do Not. There is no Try*" ~ *Yoda* "*Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic*" -- *Sir Arthur C. Clarke* "*You Gotta Believe*" - *Frank "Tug" McGraw* John F. McMullen http://johnmacrants.blogspot.com http://johnmac13.pulsememe.com/ johnma...@gmail.com john.mcmul...@purchase.edu Editor - Web2.0 The Magazine -- www.web2themag.com Poet & Writer -- Facebook Fan Page: http://bit.ly/johnmacfan & the Amazon Author Page: http://bit.ly/johnmac Senior Member, ACM, Member: American Academy of Poets, ACLU, Freelancers Union, Libertarian Party, American Academy for the Advancement of Science, World Futurist Society SL: johnmac quandry ICQ: 4368412 Skype, AIM, Yahoo Messenger & Google Talk: johnmac13 http://twitter.com/johnmac13; http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmac13 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/