Sesame and LiliesYale University Press, 01/01/2002 - 240 من الصفحات In this publication, two leading law professors challenge the existing campaign reform agenda in America and present an initiative that claims to avoid the mistakes of the past. Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres build on the example of the secret ballot and propose a system of secret donation booths for campaign contributions. They unveil a plan in which the government provides each voter with a special credit card account containing 50 Patriot dollars for presidential elections. To use this money, citizens go to their local ATM machine and anonymously send their Patriot dollars to their favourite candidates or political organizations. Americans are free to make additional contributions, but they must also give these gifts anonymously. Because candidates cannot identify who provided the funds, it will be much harder for big contributors to buy political influence. And the need for politicians to compete for the Patriot dollars will give much more power to the people. Ackerman and Ayres work out the operating details of their plan, anticipate problems, design safeguards, suggest overseers, and show how their proposals satisfy the most stringent constitutional requirements. They conclude with a model statute that could serve as the basis of a serious congressional effort to restore Americans' faith in democratic politics. |
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الصفحة xvii
... true wife comes , " he declares , “ home is always round her . The stars only may be over her head ; the glowworm in the night- cold grass may be the only fire at her foot ; but home is yet wherever she is " ( §68 ) . Ruskin burdened ...
... true wife comes , " he declares , “ home is always round her . The stars only may be over her head ; the glowworm in the night- cold grass may be the only fire at her foot ; but home is yet wherever she is " ( §68 ) . Ruskin burdened ...
الصفحة xix
... true business , ” he asserts , pour their " whole masculine energy " into the business of acquiring and hoarding . If the time comes when men are rightly and justly occupied , their pleasure will grow not out of gold ( another metal ) ...
... true business , ” he asserts , pour their " whole masculine energy " into the business of acquiring and hoarding . If the time comes when men are rightly and justly occupied , their pleasure will grow not out of gold ( another metal ) ...
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... true that under the influence of the pride which gives poignancy to the sensations which others cannot share with us ( and a not unjustifiable zest to the pleasure which we have worked for ) , an ordinary traveller will usually observe ...
... true that under the influence of the pride which gives poignancy to the sensations which others cannot share with us ( and a not unjustifiable zest to the pleasure which we have worked for ) , an ordinary traveller will usually observe ...
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... true and increased ap- prehension of the nobleness of natural scenery. But no impression can be more false. The real beauty of the Alps is to be seen, and seen only, where all may see it, the child, the cripple, and the man of grey ...
... true and increased ap- prehension of the nobleness of natural scenery. But no impression can be more false. The real beauty of the Alps is to be seen, and seen only, where all may see it, the child, the cripple, and the man of grey ...
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... true lovers of natural beauty hold it in reverence so deep, that they would as soon think of climbing the pillars of the choir of Beauvais3 for a gymnastic exercise, as of making a playground of Alpine snow: and they would not risk one ...
... true lovers of natural beauty hold it in reverence so deep, that they would as soon think of climbing the pillars of the choir of Beauvais3 for a gymnastic exercise, as of making a playground of Alpine snow: and they would not risk one ...
المحتوى
Glossary | 95 |
Rethinking Sesame and Lilies | 111 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 205 |
List of Contributors | 209 |
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