WHEN THE FOUNDERS wrote “We the People” do you think they were intending billionaires and corporations to have the same inalienable rights as you and me? We do not think so, says the Massachusetts Citizen Commission Concerning an Amendment for Government of the People. The 2020 elections set a record for spending, about $16 billion so far […]
Campaign spending
Posted inOpinion
You shouldn’t need to be rich to run
A POSITIVE BY-PRODUCT of the Trump presidency is the ever growing number of people interested in running for office at all levels of government. Organizations like EMILY’s List, which helps pro-choice women get elected, report that since Election Day 2016 more than 25,000 women have signed up to run. Having realized that democracy is not […]
Posted inPolitics
Pols have carte blanche with campaign cash
FOR MASSACHUSETTS POLITICIANS, campaign accounts are the gifts that keep on giving. In or out of office, living or dead, there’s a lot of leeway in how elected officials spend the money they raise from supporters. From a cup of coffee to parking tickets; from Halloween costumes and decorations to tux rentals and purchases; from […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
PIRG decries campaign spending
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE US SENATE CANDIDATES must raise an average of $3,300 per day over six years to equal the median haul of winners during the 2014 election cycle, according to a report released Wednesday by groups opposed to a US Supreme Court ruling on campaign finances. U.S. House candidates have to raise $1,800 […]