Tuesday, January 17

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?

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Blogger Xpatriated Texan said...

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

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