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Welfare for Politicians? : Taxpayer Financing of Political Campaigns.
Twenty-four U.S. states now fund campaigns for public office, and American taxpayers have contributed some 2 billion USD since 1976 to subsidize primary and general election campaigns for the presidency. In this book, more than a dozen experts offer a broad and sceptical assessment of taxpayer finan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
Cato Institute,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminaries; Contents; 1. INTRODUCTION: TAXPAYER FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS; 2. THE CASE AGAINST TAXPAYER FINANCING; 3. THREE LESSONS FROM ARIZONA; 4. ELECTIONS IN ARIZONA, CLEAN AND UNCLEAN; 5. DOES CLEANLINESS LEAD TO COMPETITIVENESS?; 6. OUR DEMOCRACY, OUR AIRWAVES; 7. WHY SUBSIDIZE THE SOAPBOX?; 8. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CASE AGAINST ''FREE'' AIRTIME; 9. REFORM WITHOUT REASON?; 10. THE FAILURE OF TAXPAYER FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS; 11. ARE MATCHING FUNDS ONLY ''FOR LOSERS''?; 12. TAXPAYER FINANCING IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.