Campaign Finance Fiasco

The Campaign Finance Reform Act, the single most powerful attack on free speech in the history of the U.S., was proven this election cycle to be a farce. It is a horrible piece of legislation, should never have been signed by President Bush, should have been declared unconstitutional, and now should be repealed. Where are all the people so exorcised over the Patriot Act?

But, as I always say, once the government has their tentacles into something, they never let go. Hence, this new legislation that tries to "fix" the problems with the new law. Only now, the argument has been lost. It has become law and now accepted that the government can limit speech in this way, so the next step is to close the "loophole" that is 527s. This is the problem with pragmatism - for all of you who bought into this BS about money corrupting politics, by not looking at the deeper and broader philosophical questions, we have allowed the federal government an encroachment they will never give up. More power for them, and less for us. Again.