The Pros And Cons Of Campaign Spending

As the chairman for the Republican National Convention and knowing that Buckley V Valeo decision will not be soon changed, I would argue against changing the current campaign system in the most spectacular way. I would get on air and frame as the case as the liberal media trying to suppress free speech. I would attack the media on its double standards and vendetta against businesses. The press demands to know the inner working of institutions, yet it hardly respects other people’s right to assemble nor does it promote candidates that reflect the views of people whom want to make America great. The first amendment guarantees the right to assemble even in secret. Then to curb the appearance of corruption we have established a litany of rules under the Federal Election Campaign-- which limits how much an individual can give.

Political ads are a way to persuade you to vote for one political party or the other. Every 4 years, there is an election between democrats and republicans that will help decide the next president of the United States. These campaigns between the democrats and the republicans are the strategies candidates use to win your vote. During the election season, there is many speeches made by both the people who are running for president. Debates between the two sides can sway your vote to one side or the other depending on what the candidates say.

In everyday conversations a subject that frequently tends to arise is American politics. During these conversations a variation of sub topics often occur usually pertaining to the Army’s funding, elections, and the different political parties. One of these topics that tends to cause a lot of feuding is the different political parties. In my family alone, we partake in disputes based on our different political parties, I am a Democrat while my parents are Republican. Often, we participate in quarrels over different events that occur in society. However which kind of views represent a certain political party. For starters, Which views does a Democrat stand with? Perhaps one who is Democrat abhors abortion, or possibly despises the LGBTQ community. Although maybe a

While the Federalists believe in rule by wealthy class, the Democratic-Republicans supported in rule by the common people.

Do you feel insignificant during elections? Do you worry that there is too much money in politics? Do you believe that campaigns are corrupt? All these common worries become real issues in 2010 with Citizens United v. FEC: a Supreme Court ruling that will forever be significant to elections. The Citizens United ruling "opened the door" for unrestricted campaign spending by corporations, but most importantly the case led to the formation of groups called super PACs: corporations or labor unions that have the ability to use its general treasury and unlimited donations to influence elections. The Citizens United ruling has allowed for PACs to have too much influence over elections; taken away free speech from individuals; affected the federal

Political donations play an important role within the Australian Legal System. There are many cons and pros about this particular issue and debate about how it affects the Australian democratic system and if the law on it should be altered. A political donation is a donation of money to benefit candidates, political parties, member of Parliament to help with the funding of elections, political and community activities.

When major companies give a lot of money to a campaign they can feel like that candidate owes them something. They feel like they should have a say or that they are owed favors to because of the money they gave. I believe that sometimes if one person donated a million dollars to a campaign that would get them favors in Washington to a degree if that person is elected. I do think there should be limits on how much a single person can donate to avoid things like this. An example, would be the 1996 U.S. Campaign finance scandal. It was a scandal because of funding to the Clinton and Gore re-election from the People's Republic of China. It was said that this was the Republic of China's way of influencing United States

Government is an important aspect in today’s world, especially regarding the opposition of being either a republican, democrat, or falling somewhere in between. One may identify them self as being one or the other, but how does one come to the conclusion of being a republican instead of a democrat or vice versa? It all comes down to how a person defines government and different political parties.

During the Gilded Age, Americans focused more on politics and national elections during the post-Civil War. Each election had the potential to disrupt the peace between the North and the South. In the late nineteenth century, there were record numbers of voters for each presidential election. The increase in voter turnout was also due to the result of the machine party politics. Powerful, political “bosses” in each party persuaded the urban residents into voting for a favored candidate. The candidates would then give bribes back to the bosses in appreciation for helping them get elected. The money earned would be used to improve neighborhoods to ensure a steady flow of votes for their machines. Many politicians during the Gilded Age were

Over the last few decades, the United States Congress has debated numerous campaign finance reforms. Debated proposals have included limiting independent expenditures, raising limits on individual contributions, banning all private campaign contributions, and creating a public financing campaign system. In many of the debates, compelling arguments exist for both the proponents and the opponents. Generally, arguments are predicated upon constitutional concepts, Supreme Court rulings, standard policy, logic and reason, and personal perspectives.

Literature review: spending of government sometimes cannot be stimulative because the government each money may be one dollar can injects to the tax that comes in economy or it is borrow in the future out of the economy. Tax rebates not always help the economy to increase because it comes under government grants and they do not encourage productivity

Another innate flaw in the Electoral College is it “damages the chances of third-party candidates [to make] a serious bid for the White House because such candidates rarely gain enough voter support to win entire states” (Newton and Rich, “Point: Electoral College”). Despite this, the presence of third party candidates can tip the popular vote in individual states, therefore affecting the total outcome of the election due to the “winner-takes-all” allocation of electoral votes. Such was the case with Ralph Nader, a Green Party presidential candidate, whose 1.6% of the popular vote in Florida was one of the factors that “shifted the state from Democratic nominee Al Gore to Republican George W. Bush” (Black, Minnpost). It is cases like these that hurt the overall case for third-party candidates, whose attempts to achieve office get dismissed by the general American public and other political parties. In the months surrounding the 2012 election, Republican campaign aides and officials were attempting to prevent Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson’s place on ballots out of fear that his presence would steal votes from Mitt Romney, the Republican Party candidate (Rutenberg, NYTimes). Practices like these show how the Electoral College indirectly allows the reduction of third-party candidates to ballot obstacles instead of legitimate contenders with valid ideas that could

William Domhoff’s investigation into America’s ruling class is an eye-opening and poignant reading experience, even for individuals enlightened on the intricacies of the US social class system. His book, Who Rules America, explains the fundamental failures in America’s governing bodies to provide adequate resources for class mobility and shared power amongst classes. He identifies history, corporate and social hierarchies, money-driven politics, a two-party system, and a policy-making process orchestrated by American elites as several causes leading to an ultimate effect of class-domination theory pervading American society. In articulating his thesis and supporting assertions, Domhoff appeals rhetorically toward an audience with prior knowledge

The national debt is growing by the second. The United States is 20 trillion dollars in debt. The largest portion of the debt is money that the government owes itself, borrowed from Medicare and social security. Debt is different from the deficit, deficit when the government plans to spend more than they have yearly counted. Debt is the accumulation of deficit. The national debt has recently been growing, so how does it really affect individuals? Interest rates go up on credit cards and loans, this is great for the federal government but not for you. National debt refers to government liabilities and there are various concepts of debt. There is public debt, where treasury bonds are bought this means that portions of the debt are held by government accounts and the other portion is held by the public. Debt by the public is the debt being held by the public and it exceeds government debt. Gross federal debt is the made up of public debt securities. The debt is held by the public, the government’s debt is the highest. High national debt means that there is little economic growth. The national debt is an issue my generation will face and debt will continue to get larger, this is an important issue and could get smaller with expanding GDP, causing an increase in economic growth and prevent the creation of offshore accounts made by corporations.

In the world today, and throughout recent history, conservatism has been an important part of political ideologies. The word, conservatism comes from the Latin alphabet and it means to guard and embowering. But in politics, there is no exact explanation for conservatism. Mostly depends on what is considered traditional. According to Philip E. Agre, conservatism is “the domination of society by an aristocracy.” ("What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?" n.d.) And according to John Kekes, conservatism is a “political morality”. ("John Kekes - What is Conservatism? - Utopia Online Library," n.d.)