Question

Many people feel that our political process has become inundated with too much money and influence from big businesses. With the recent Supreme Court decision that eliminated limits on how much individuals can spend in a single election cycle, some experts feel that we may be paving the way for large corporations and extremely wealthy individuals to basically buy political influence and leverage. Click the link below to gain more information about the recent Supreme Court decision.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/politics/scotus-political-donor-limits/index.html?iref=allsearch

Once you have watched the video, please address the following questions:

Do you think there should be limits on the amount of money that people can give to a candidate in an election cycle?

Do you think there should be a limit on the amount of money that a corporation can give to an individual candidate or party?

Do you think money plays too big of a role in presidential (and state & local) elections?

What would your solution be to our current campaign finance situation in America?

Answer 1

In my opinion, there shouldn’t be any money involved in the election because the time one give money to a candidate, it binds them with a responsibility to act in favour of them. This would pave way for favouritism.

When corporations started donating money for the political parties, it paved the way for corruptions. Multi-national corporations are the worst unethical business people who can’t even spell the words honesty and ethics. They for their business purposes compromise with their integrity and bribe politicians and bureaucrats thus exploiting everyone in the country. When big companies bribe the officials and politicians in the name of donation, it not only leads to unaccounted black money. I do not see any need for the corporations to give money to a candidate without any return on their investment.

It’s money that decides most of the elections because political parties need big hands to manipulate both the information and influence people in favour of them. In order to do this, they need to pay for those big shots for which the political parties look for enormous fund which is given by the multinational companies.

The government should give money for the election campaign in order to prevent the companies and individuals from corrupting the politicians who in return will lead a corrupt life throughout their political career. Any such donation should be given openly to the government which then be given equally to the political parties for their expenses. Parties can collect subscription from their supporters only through a government portal.

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