Campaign finance reform-when will we make progress?

[Ardent15]

The SC is likely to strike down McCain-Feingold as unconstitutional. Now it wasn't the perfect bill for this, of course, but it was better than what we had before. Now we're regressing as a nation when it comes to taking down the corporate political oligarchy.

The issue of universal health care is a prime example of why public campaign financing is needed. Right now, the system of corporate campaign financing is essentially bribery.

Maybe if our politicians actually took money directly from their constituents, with severe limits on how much one can donate, they'd be less complacent with the broken system.

[FreakinDJ]

1. Not until the Healthcare Industry destroys Healthcare Reform

[Mike K]

2. No Peaceful Remedy:

Nothing short of an imminently violent revolution will force the Congress to reform the system of legalized bribery of the Legislature presently in effect. If a sufficient number of pissed off citizens took to the streets, invaded congressional offices in their home states and in the House and threatened armed response to military resistance, lobbying and PACs would be made illegal overnight.

Aside from that there is no possibility that campaign reform will ever take place.