Comments on: Blue sky thoughts http://donklephant.com/2006/11/10/blue-sky-thoughts/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sean Aqui http://donklephant.com/2006/11/10/blue-sky-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-104244 Sean Aqui Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:36:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/10/blue-sky-thoughts/#comment-104244 That's why I'd have the central clearinghouse aggregate donations and deliver them in a single check mailed monthly or quarterly. Unless an individual donation is so huge that it swamps the rest, there's no way the politican can tell if the donor is telling the truth or not. That’s why I’d have the central clearinghouse aggregate donations and deliver them in a single check mailed monthly or quarterly. Unless an individual donation is so huge that it swamps the rest, there’s no way the politican can tell if the donor is telling the truth or not.

]]> By: Eclectic Floridian http://donklephant.com/2006/11/10/blue-sky-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-104159 Eclectic Floridian Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:32:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/10/blue-sky-thoughts/#comment-104159 I think the minimum wage idea may have merit. On the other hand, I actively don't likt the campaign contributions idea. My reasoning is that hiding the donor identity only obfuscates the information for the public. The politician only needs a quick phone call from a donor saying, "You'll get $100,000 in your account within 15 minutes, remember me." Plan destroyed. Politics in the light of day is the only safe course. As I am now saying Dem/Repub relations, "Cooperate but verify." I think the minimum wage idea may have merit.

On the other hand, I actively don’t likt the campaign contributions idea.

My reasoning is that hiding the donor identity only obfuscates the information for the public. The politician only needs a quick phone call from a donor saying, “You’ll get $100,000 in your account within 15 minutes, remember me.” Plan destroyed.

Politics in the light of day is the only safe course. As I am now saying Dem/Repub relations, “Cooperate but verify.”

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