Carol Marin Says Money Is The Problem in Illinois Politics

It always amuses me when a newspaper or someone like Carol Marin say something like this:

“Money governs in this state. Period.”

Her answer, of course, is to limit campaign contributions.

Allow foreign money to finance campaigns here the way they illegally did Barack Obama’s campaign, perhaps. Nothing like online contributions whose sources are not verified. And a toothless Federal Elections Commission.

Such a scheme would leave Marin and her media buddies with greater influence in elections than they have now.

Thanks, but, if rich people are to have an inordinate say, I’d rather have the media biggies have some competition from people who have earned their money some other way.

More rapid reporting of campaign contributions.

Now, that’s something I could get excited about.


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