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John Kerry: Wouldn't it be true, notwithstanding the effort to seek an injunction as to expenditure for ads under the aegis of this…

On the recordSeptember 26, 1997
Wouldn't it be true, notwithstanding the effort to seek an injunction as to expenditure for ads under the aegis of this entity, that they would, nevertheless, be free to participate, like every other citizen, by raising so-called hard money, money for the campaign for the candidate, by participating in the campaign itself, by holding fora, by holding any kind of participatory effort that they want, which, in effect, is only limiting the clutter and the impartiality of the last 60 days of a race because of the undue influence of money. My question is, wouldn't America be better off to have a participatory process where people are encouraged to come out of their offices and into the meeting halls and candidates are encouraged to go into the living rooms rather than simply rely on money to distort the process?
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing campaign finance and the importance of participatory democracy.

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