Systems Whizzard

"Clean" Candidates elected

As reported on Jim Hightower's site.

Excerpt below.

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If you're looking for a little good news from the November 2nd election, check out the "Clean Money" campaigns in Arizona, Maine, and North Carolina.

Instead of surrendering their state governments to the Big Money Interests that control Washington and most other state capitols, people in these three states have authorized full public financing for candidates who agree to run "clean" – which means that these candidates accept none of the corrupting contributions that special interests (primarily corporations) routinely dole out to Democrats, Republicans, and anyone else willing to be bought. By providing a pool of public funds for public elections, we can get public officials that are no longer financially beholden to corporate, union, or other private funders who always have a private agenda attached to their checks.

posted by Charlie @ 11:34 PM