Party contributions and corruption

Originally posted by normbenign
If it is done openly and voluntarily, how is it corrupt? And since it isn't corrupt, why is it limited or regulated?

In most countries it is not done openly. Here in Africa, it is often not done voluntarily. I am not even sure what you mean by voluntarily when we are talking about companies and corporations. How do companies volunteer? Why do they?

Originally posted by normbenign
We have a rule about being "natural born" in the US too.

In spite of fears of people buying elective office, it doesn't seem to be a significant problem here.

You didn't know about all the controversy over Obamas birth certificate? And you say its not a significant problem? Or is that sentence just referring to 'buying elective office'?

Originally posted by twhitehead
You didn't know about all the controversy over Obamas birth certificate? And you say its not a significant problem? Or is that sentence just referring to 'buying elective office'?

It wasn't a controversy. It was a "controversy"

Originally posted by normbenign
What would significantly impact the amount of money spent on politics is facing Constitutional limitations of government and abiding by them.

People will not try to buy what isn't for sale.

The only system in which politicians don't have anything worth buying is anarchism, but that doesn't tend to work well. So it is much more effective to ban the buying of politicians rather than taking away their power.