Tax-Financed Campaigns and Corruption in New York: The Wrong Treatment for the Right Diagnosis

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May 13, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

The arrest of New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges has added fuel to the already fiery debate over ...

It’s Not How Much You Give That Annoys Them, It’s What You Think

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May 12, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

In an article titled, “How to Push Back Against Billionaire Donors,” Atlantic contributor Peter Beinart urges reporters to “do whatever it takes, consistent with ...

What Vox Gets Wrong About Super PACs

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May 8, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Over at Vox, Ezra Klein suggests that journalists digging into the Clinton Foundation may have their priorities out of order. While acknowledging that “these ...

Survey Says: Investment Managers Not Interested in Making Things Political

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May 7, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

A recent survey is once again demonstrating that investment managers are not interested in dragging politics into the corporate governance debate. The Stanford Business ...

Standards for tax exemption for social welfare organizations

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April 22, 2015   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  ,

The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, was recently quoted as stating that under “the framework Congress has set up,” § 501(c)(4) ...

The stuff foul-mouthed Larry Lessig says

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April 22, 2015   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

In a post entitled “The sh*t Brad Smith says” (shot? shut? – you may as well spell it out, Larry), Larry Lessig quotes Brad ...

The New York Times (Sort Of) Recognizes the Benefits of Super PACs

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April 16, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Most Americans know April 15th as Tax Day, but campaign finance observers also know it as the date when presidential candidates file their campaign’s ...

Support for Tax-Financed Presidential Campaigns Sinks to New Low

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April 15, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Over at NPR, Peter Overby reviews the decline of the Presidential Public Funding Program. Created in 1972, the program provides tax dollars to presidential ...

(Re)Formerly Logical: Mandatory Contracting Disclosure (Cartoon)

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April 13, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

  Forcing government bureaucrats to review government contractors’ political ideologies doesn’t help prevent corruption. It simply provides contracting officials with an easy way to ...

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