https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...01ffb5bd5e6_story.html?utm_term=.02410e1d9578
and...
The public financing provision would give candidates up to $6 for every dollar raised from small donors and also establish a pilot program to give voters $25 campaign vouchers to be donated to any candidate. It has attracted outsize scrutiny from Republicans, who are attacking it as “taxpayer funding” for campaigns — more specifically, Democratic campaigns. And some experts question whether public financing is necessary after an election cycle that saw small, grass-roots donors power numerous successful congressional campaigns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...4d6b7840b82_story.html?utm_term=.9cb07d4217f2
So the rationale is to counter the influence of PAC money with taxpayer money, get at Trump's tax returns and weaken the photo i.d. requirement for voting (translation: lay the groundwork for illegals voting).
Good luck to all of you with these lunatics in charge.
and...
The public financing provision would give candidates up to $6 for every dollar raised from small donors and also establish a pilot program to give voters $25 campaign vouchers to be donated to any candidate. It has attracted outsize scrutiny from Republicans, who are attacking it as “taxpayer funding” for campaigns — more specifically, Democratic campaigns. And some experts question whether public financing is necessary after an election cycle that saw small, grass-roots donors power numerous successful congressional campaigns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...4d6b7840b82_story.html?utm_term=.9cb07d4217f2
So the rationale is to counter the influence of PAC money with taxpayer money, get at Trump's tax returns and weaken the photo i.d. requirement for voting (translation: lay the groundwork for illegals voting).
Good luck to all of you with these lunatics in charge.