Unlimited campaign donations: A good or bad idea?

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Chris Christie calls for unlimited campaign donations: ‘Let’s stop playing games’


By NJ.com
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 17:09 EDT

FRANKLIN — Gov. Chris Christie today said there should be no limits on how much money people can donate to political campaigns.

The Republican governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate called such rules "ridiculous." Instead, he suggested that the law allow for unlimited donations, followed by a 48-hour period in which they must disclose their contributions.

"If somebody wants to write me a $100,000 check to my campaign, great," Christie told the crowd at a town hall meeting in the Somerset section of Franklin Township. "Forty-eight hours later, everybody who has access to the internet will know that Mr. Smith gave the $100,000."

"You are never going to keep money out of politics," he added. "None of these laws change that. So let's add transparency to it."

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It's a great idea. People should be able to support the candidate of their choice to the degree they are wiling and able to support him or her.

It's ludicrous that the government can place limits on what I do with my money, especially in what is, quintessentially political speech.

[Roger Bacon]

In January 2014, D'Souza was indicted by federal prosecutors and charged with campaign finance law violations. Prosecutors alleged that D'Souza used straw donors to funnel campaign contributions to an unnamed Senate candidate.

Key Lawyer in DOJ Office Charging Dinesh D’Souza is Obama Campaign Donor
April 9th, 2014 - 8:21 pm

If you suspect that politics might have played a role in the Justice Department bringing charges against conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, consider the financial support to Barack Obama from a key DOJ lawyer in the U.S. Attorney’s office that filed the charges.

Each U.S. Attorney’s office has a lone District Election Officer (“DEO”). The DEO is the singular point person in each U.S. Attorney office for any matter related to an election or campaign finance. The U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York is the office which brought the campaign finance charges against D’Souza.

David Kennedy is the designated District Election Officer in the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York.  According to Federal Election Commission records, Kennedy is also a campaign contributor to Barack Obama as well as to John Kerry.  Kennedy has also contributed to state campaigns, including New York Democrat Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz.

http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2014/04/09/key-lawyer-in-doj-office-charging-dinesh-dsouza-is-obama-campaign-donor/