You’ll Pay for It and Like It
You know why we need publicly-funded campaigns and restrictions on privately-funded political speech? Because otherwise those damn Republicans and their corporate paymasters will control the debate!
Oh, wait:
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new Social Security war room inside the Treasury Department is pumping out information to sell President Bush’s plan, much like any political campaign might do. It’s part of a coordinated effort by the Bush administration.
The internal, taxpayer-funded campaigning is backed up by television advertisements, grass-roots organizing and lobbying from business and other groups that support the Bush plan. The president’s opponents are organized too, though they do not enjoy the resources of the White House or Treasury to sell their message.
So before you take out an ad opposing Bush’s “plan” for Social Security in a newspaper, and before you can contribute to MoveOn or some other group planning something similar, part of each paycheck is going to pay to steer the debate against you. Congratulations.
Reason #359823735 why I have always opposed campaign finance “reform".