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money in politics

  • Eisenhower’s Republican Platform

    The National Republican Party did not adopt a new platform this year, so I thought I’d provide one from Eisenhower in 1956. The platform is rather long, but this is an accurate summary . The modern Republican Party is an example of a party trying to hold power, rather than govern well. The party has… Read more

  • The 1956 Republican Party Platform vs. Todays

    A comparison of the 1956 Republican Party platform with today’s shows how the Republican Party has devolved since Eisenhower’s time. Though there is not an official party platform for 2014, the one presented is very similar to the 2012 one that Romney ran on. Read more

  • McCutcheon vs FEC: Destroying Democracy $1 Million at a Time

    Mr. Steve Fair rationalizes the McCutcheon vs FEC ruling by the Supreme Court, claiming it is correct. His solution to having money run politics is to blame the voters for being “ignorant and uninformed”, while suggesting voters spend an impractical amount of their time sorting through all the misinformation created by excessive money in politics. Read more