1. Provision of unlimited money undermines incentives for greater efficiency which is why nationalised industries always run at a loss. 2. And Bush appears to have a strong organization and unlimited money to spend. 3. Banning unlimited money for political parties might lead to the money going to bogus groups for use in even more destructive campaigns. 4. Allowing independent groups to raise unlimited money for phony issue ads is far from ideal. 5. But the Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, which has won in lower court, says parties have a right to spend unlimited money to help their candidates. 6. But the Republican bill would allow unlimited soft money donations to continue to flow to the state parties. 7. Campaign finance reform advocates fear the tactic will be used even more as a federal ban on these unlimited soft money donations takes effect later this year. 8. Changing the law, and banning unlimited soft money, is. 9. Corporations also can give unlimited soft money. 10. Democrats have relied more heavily on fewer wealthy contributors, who have given large amounts of unlimited soft money to the party. |