Two Problems for the Court on Campaign Finance Fairness
The speaker argues the campaign finance law is unfair and cites two main flaws. First, the arbitrary $1,000 contribution limit pits donors who can give time and services against those who offer cash. Second, the law favors two major parties by guaranteeing $20 million each, leaving third party candidates at the mercy of taxpayer decisions and potential funding gaps. The speaker questions constitutional intent and predicts the Supreme Court will decide legality but not fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Jimmy Carter
Providence
Carter
George
Wallace
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Cothers
George Wallace
Congress
Treating our sick health care system opinion page
Richard L. Lesher argues that health insurance design and cost control shape U.S. care costs. He cites Metropolitan Life as GM’s major insurer, critiques universal federal plans, and promotes HMOs, preventive care, peer review, and state malpractice scrutiny to curb expenses while assuring universal protection.
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Washington
General Motors Corporation
U.S. Steel
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life
Muscatine Memories Span Pasts and Piers
An old column recalls events from 100 to 10 years ago in Muscatine. Notes include pigs feet and tongues at the levee in front of Block's warehouse, the 75 year push to build Muscatine's new public library near Iowa Avenue and Third Street, a Kiwanis meeting addressed by Rev. Dawkins, a Navy tech aboard USNS Dixie in Far Eastern waters, and a West Liberty silver wedding anniversary. The piece blends reminiscence with wry asides on golf mania and local humor.
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Ross Drury
D. Sauer
Muscatine
P. M. Musser
Iowa Avenue
Third Street
George E. Dawkins
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Muscatine
William E. Carl
USN
Pine Street
Usss Dixie
Far
Great Lakes
Ill
West Liberty
Ernest Petersen
N. Miller St
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Notable historical events on December 15 1791 to 1967
Highlights include the Bill of Rights taking effect in 1791 after Virginia ratified, the 1836 U S Patent Office fire, Sitting Bull killed in 1890, Verdun victory in 1916, Prohibition Act upheld in 1919, Eichmann sentenced in 1961, and 1967 Point Pleasant bridge collapse killing 46.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Washington
Sitting Bull
South Dakota
Verdun
U.S. Supreme Court
Adolf Eichmann
Jerusalem
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Prayer for Guidance and Strength in Jesus Christ
A devotional prayer seeking divine strength to follow Jesus teachings and become as God intends, ending with amen in the Master's name.
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Jesus Christ
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Tom
Braden
Richard L. Lesher
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
HMO
Trin
Gerald
Brickman
New York
Izis
Marilyn Monroe
Golda Meir
Jim
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