Day: August 22, 2006

I am reposting something I posted in response to a debate at Young Philly Politics, which began with a good post from Hannah Miller. ——– There is no one solution to the campaign financing mess. Hannah is right: we need free TV time for candidates. We also have to ban candidates who take the free time from purchasing additional media time. That would make campaigning less expensive. But Hannah and Neil Oxman are wrong about public financing. This is one area where there really is no trade-off between spending on schools or economic development and spending on public financing of campaigns. Continue reading