Re:Bernie’s Army of Coders
by SilasX on Thursday February 18, 2016 @05:40PM
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>I disagree with the Citizen's United comparison, since donating time towards a campaign can't be pocketed the same way money is. You can't commoditize already-spent labor in that way.
But if it displaces another expense, it causes them to pocket the monetary savings from that expense.
>Every candidate's expenditures are diligently recorded and easily audited if necessary, and it creates a level playing field.
Even the independent expenditures? Like, if someone goes around buying ads because they just like Candidate X so much, does that count against X's budget? Probably not, hence why that approach doesn't quite resolve the Citizen's United issues -- the problem was the advocacy of people unrelated to a campaign.
Re:Bernie’s Army of Coders
by Zikes on Thursday February 18, 2016 @05:42PM
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Since the labor is an independent expenditure built on public data and the only thing Sanders did was link to it, the expense displacement is effectively nil.
Re:Bernie’s Army of Coders
by SilasX on Friday February 19, 2016 @03:03PM
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So then the UK system doesn't address this problem, because there is still potentially unlimited money from interested parties who can independently propagandize for a candidate or issue.
But if it displaces another expense, it causes them to pocket the monetary savings from that expense.
>Every candidate's expenditures are diligently recorded and easily audited if necessary, and it creates a level playing field.
Even the independent expenditures? Like, if someone goes around buying ads because they just like Candidate X so much, does that count against X's budget? Probably not, hence why that approach doesn't quite resolve the Citizen's United issues -- the problem was the advocacy of people unrelated to a campaign.