WHAT'S NEEDED IN ELECTION FINANCE IS "PERPETUAL REFORM"
Molly Ivins is such a treasure because she's always relevant and witty (I don't mean funny, I mean full of wisdom), but this time she's both terse and exactly correct.
I can almost hear the condescending cynics: "You don't really think you can get the money out of politics, do you?" I guarantee you can do it for several cycles -- and do you know what happens when it starts to creep back in again? You reform again! Perpetual reform, a truly great concept. No human institution is ever going to remain perfect, they have to be watched and adjusted like any other mechanism. Why use that as a defeatist excuse for doing nothing at all?
Tags: election finance reform
posted by Motherlode at 5:25 PM
1 Comments:
A central tenet of the concept of "Progressive" politics is that man is incapable of developing a perfect system - so you can always make progress and improve the old system.
Sounds pretty basic to me.
XT
Post a Comment
<< Home