badgenome said:
I suppose you could do a lot of good things by abridging freedom, but it's rarely worth it. I don't think that's accurate, though. Money tends to follow popularity rather than the other way around, and uber rich candidates like Meg Whitman and Steve Forbes have had no luck buying their way to electoral victory. |
I don't believe it's really abridging freedom, I believe it leads to a more free and fair democracy.
If you look at the countries which rank highest in freedom indices - most of them actually have reasonably tough electoral spending laws.