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spiffmeister@aussie.zone 4 weeks agoYou’re right the bill does not do that. The point I’m making is that the way in which you remove money from politics is important, not just the removal of it. If the bill essentially removed the ability for any other group to run other than the two major parties then it’s not a good bill.
Do you think that donations are the only way of biasing a party or candidate? How many have gone to work for consultants afterwards?
yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 4 weeks ago
I’m still trying to figure out why people in this thread are defending much, much higher caps on donations.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
They’re not. We—I—have been very clear.
But that must not come at the expense of transparency and proper procedure, or at the ability for minor parties and independents to be competitive.