Campbell Ritchie wrote:You should know better than to say modest proposal because half the readership will immediately think of Jonathan Swift.
That was kind of the point...
Campbell Ritchie wrote:Or give the money to help the poor?
one side or the other would never go for whatever plan. They would say "Those are the wrong people to help"
Campbell Ritchie wrote:On this side of the Atlantic we have the opposite problem. Even though there are statutory limits for election campaigns (so many pounds per voter), the parties are running short of money and there are suggestions the Government help the parties out.
I think we have that. Someone can accept money from the government, but then there are caps on how much you can spend. The past few cycles, they've found they can raise more money privately and blow those caps away, so it is in their interest to NOT take the money from Uncle Sam.
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