A Quote by Richard Salsman
The only way to get money out of politics is to get politics out of money-making.
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The way to solve all the money in politics is not to pretend we can get money out of politics. That will never happen. We have to channel it in ways where we can see it and hold it accountable. And I think the parties are the best vehicle for that.
The leftists are constantly whining and moaning about all the money in politics. They want campaign finance reform, right? They want to get all the money out of politics. They want government money governing campaigns. They want all the money out, they say. But then you look at their coffers, and it's overflowing with hundreds of millions of dollars.
People with an investment in government power will torture logic like a medieval inquisitor rather than face the facts. ... There's a simple way to keep money out of politics: Keep politics out of our money.
Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.
Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.
I am an advocate... of public financing for years. That is the one way to get money out of politics. I believe that would be what we ought to be doing.
Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was to get into politics.
Our number one agenda is to get money out of politics, to drain the swamp, but not in the way that Trump said. He stacked his cabinet full of Goldman Sachs guys.
Money is in politics, it's been there. I was in politics for 10 years, I had some of the worst ads run against me ever. I had some of the most money spent by a guy in my state running against me. That's not the issue. The issue is getting out and making the case for what we're going to do to create jobs and to make the economic situation for individual families better.
It's a good line to say we're going to get money out of politics. I don't know how realistic it is.
The entertainment industry has three kinds of politics - sexual politics, money politics and power politics. A desperate actor can become victim of any of these political games.
Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
I would want to see the Supreme Court reverse Citizens United and get dark, unaccountable money out of our politics.
I guess you can get politicians out of politics, but you can't get politics out of them.
We need to have real science, and real science doesn't happen under the hand of lobbyists with a conflict of interest. So get the revolving door done and over with and get the big money out of politics.
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