Remind me again what the right choice is for checking/not checking the $3 Presidential Election Campaign Fund on my federal taxes?
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Fuck paying.
@dper: Checking the box does not increase your tax or decrease your refund.
@greg: You'll come to your own conclusion, I hope. I am not convinced that the amount of taxpayer support given to campaigns is enough to displace what lobbyists give (and therefore reduce lobbyists' impact on public policy).
@greg: You'll come to your own conclusion, I hope. I am not convinced that the amount of taxpayer support given to campaigns is enough to displace what lobbyists give (and therefore reduce lobbyists' impact on public policy).
lnxwalt@microca.st at 2015-03-29T04:19:11Z
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Which means it actually decreases the amount of money the government can spend on anything else.
But yeah, the amount they get is so small it doesn't make a difference. But then you could argue for http://letsfreecongress.org/ I suppose.
I think it's a great idea if lobbyists are gone from the picture. But that's a necessary first step for this to work. Otherwise it's just a default amount in the war chest, plus lobbyist funds.