Tag Archives: Campaign finance

Clean Elections: worse than ‘welfare for politicians’

There are many problems with Maine’s Clean Elections system as it is currently constituted, but rather than address these fundamental flaws, we are being presented this fall with the option to increase funding for the program. As usual, liberals propose an increase in funding instead of reforming or eliminating a failing program. Of course, they […]

Liberals pour dark money into Hancock County

As we have seen already this year, the moral dedication of liberals to campaign finance reform has a flimsy foundation. Though they’re eager to espouse its virtues, they know it has little chance of passing. As with so many other nominal positions, it’s a low-risk, high-reward stance to take, since they can shore up their […]