Article: Privately funded campaigns encouraged Wall St. meltdown

Article: Campaign alternative.(unregulated private contributions versus ...
The Christian Century;  April 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... voluntary system, this reform is based on incentives, not regulations. What happens if some candidates choose the public funding option and others opt out--won't the latter have an advantage, since they will be free to solicit more contributions ...

Article: REFORM CO-SPONSOR TOUTS FUNDING OPTION.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  August 28, 1997 ;     677 words ... ... council members will meet next week to consider the gift again. Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas said he will not support public funding of the elected commission because he believes it is wasteful to provide money to two competing commissions. ``I'm unwilling ...

Article: Public funding and democratic elections.
University of Pennsylvania Law Review;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... treasury funds; and voluntary, partial public funding, with spending limits, in the Presidential ... forward, build on the presidential public funding law and the growing experience with public funding in many states and localities, and ...

Article: First Sierra Financial Inc. Acquires Public Funding ...
Business Wire;  July 7, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... acquisition of certain limited assets of Public Funding Corporation of Chicago, as well as ... Donald Zaretsky the former President of Public Funding Corporation, to First Sierra's staff ... seventh acquisition since July, 1996. Public Funding Corporation, headquartered in Chicago ...

Article: PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS IS SOLUTION, NOT PROBLEM; FIX, DO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Citizen issued the following statement: Public funding of candidate elections is designed ... mourned the death of the presidential public funding system with the decision of Sen. Hilary ... shortcomings of the current presidential public funding system, but this can in no way be ...

Article: FULL PUBLIC FUNDING IS NEEDED FOR TRUE CAMPAIGN ...
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  April 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... comprehensive," Heck adopted a 50 percent public funding limit because he stated it would ... to get a bill passed containing public funding. Incidentally, national Common Cause supports full public funding. A few years ago, Sen. Mike Ellis ...

Article: Pioneering Public Funding Programs at the State and ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 19, 2007 ;     525 words ... ... programs and examines groundbreaking public funding initiatives in Arizona, Maine, North ... elections that confirms the value of full public funding programs in Arizona and Maine. More ... sought office in the two states since public funding was instituted. The report also explores ...