Politics Without Money

by Paul Jacob - May 28th, 2006 - TownHall.com

So what to do?

We could just limit the purview of government, and the money issue would peter out — after all, "paying Paul" would no longer be policy. If we brought back constitutional limits, and added some new ones, then there'd be scant incentive to invest in politicians to . . . do things they really shouldn't be doing anyway.

But a lot of people want anything but the Constitution, so that idea gets nixed. Politicians like the power that comes from spending gobs of other people's money, and many interest groups as well as citizens welcome being bought.

That's why politicians tend to prefer their own solution: socialized elections.

It is interesting how many Republicans are getting on board with the rapid growth of socialism in our nation. Socialism is not just the end of a free economy. It is government control of everything, especially elections. This article by Paul Jacob is the best article I have seen that ridicules John McCain and the Republicans who are getting on board with the concept of eliminating democracy from our elections. Because that is what government funded elections really becomes. Totalitarianism or socialism. Bureaucrats deciding who gets to "participate" in "democracy". That is what goverment funding and "limitations" on contributions are really all about. Ending democracy.