“Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit one party or another. 'Pay to play' reform was passed to limit the influence of big spending contractors over the public officials from whom they are trying to obtain work.” IfsTryingDoePlayBigsInterestPartyPayGroupsInfluenceSpecialLimitsBenefitsEthicsSpendingCampaignsFinanceReformOfficialsExceptionSpecial InterestsContractorInterest GroupsPublic OfficialsCampaign FinanceSpecial Interest Groups Author:Thomas Kean, Jr.
“As you know, in the 2000 campaign I articulated a point of view that we ought to have personal savings accounts for younger workers that would make sure those younger workers receive benefits equal to or greater than that which is expected, ... I still maintain the same position.” KnowsStillsViewsGreaterPositionOughtEqualBenefitsAccountsWorkersPoint Of ViewExpectedCampaignsSavingSavingsSavings Accounts Author:George H. W. Bush
“Most of my work for the past 25 years has been devoted to organizing demonstrations, benefits and campaigns, many of which have had the effect of bringing a policy debate to public focus or moving a political agenda forward. It's become a cliché to say 'think globally and act locally,' but it works.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensPastMovingPoliticalFocusEffectsPolicyBenefitsCampaignsDebateAgendasDevotedDemonstrationPolitical AgendasPolicy Debate Author:Peter Yarrow
“This is what oligarchy looks like: Today, the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. The top one-hundredth of 1 percent makes more than 40 percent of all campaign contributions. The billionaire class owns the political system and reaps the benefits from it.” LooksTodayPoliticalWealthClassBenefitsPercentBottomCampaignsContributionReapBillionairePolitical SystemsOligarchyCampaign Contributions Author:Bernie Sanders
“Hillary Clinton really transformed herself into a national security expert. She decided to join the Senate Armed Services Committee, and she became a real military wonk. She was famous for going to every subcommittee hearing and methodically questioning every lieutenant colonel from the Pentagon about defense procurement or selective service benefits. So that's where she really began to carve out and hone this reputation as a hawk that I think has followed her through the secretary of state years and then into the presidential campaign.” ThinkingYearsRealStatesSecurityMilitaryBenefitsDecidedClintonHearingDefenseCampaignsReputationPresidentialExpertsSenateTransformedQuestioningSecretaryCommitteesNational SecuritySelectiveHawksPentagonColonelsPresidential CampaignLieutenantsProcurementArmed Services Author:Michael Tomasky
“The fact remains that we're running a presidential campaign. And we're doing that through appearances like today, fund-raisers like today, where Donald Trump was in Texas, raising money, not just for the trump campaign, but, drumroll, please, for the RNC and the Republican committees, which benefits all these candidates that Paul Ryan is trying to protect.” TryingFactsRunningTodayTrumpPleaseRepublicanProtectBenefitsRemainsAppearanceCampaignsPresidentialCandidatesFundTexasCommitteesPresidential CampaignRaising Money Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The primary source of waste in government is that legislators are often under heavy pressure to vote for projects that will benefit their campaign contributors, even when those projects fail a simple cost-benefit test. But with the Supreme Court showing little interest in permitting tighter rules on campaign contributions in recent years, there is little reason to be optimistic that we'll start curbing this kind of waste any time soon.” YearsKindLittlesReasonGovernmentInterestSimpleFailingSourceCostWasteBenefitsProjectsTestsVotePressureCourtHeavyCampaignsSupremeOptimisticPrimariesContributionSupreme CourtLegislatorsBeing OptimisticContributorsPrimary SourceCampaign Contributions Author:Robert H. Frank
“In terms of President Trump, I really do hope that he does accomplish some of the things he said on the campaign trail. If he is willing to make investments in infrastructure, but not on the backs of the middle class and the working class, and put people back to work, that would be a good thing. If he's serious about making Obamacare better, and not pulling the rug out from 20 million Americans who benefit from it, that would be a good thing too.” PeopleIfsDoeSaidWould BePresidentTermClassMillionsMiddleWillingSeriousTrumpBenefitsGood ThingsInvestmentAccomplishCampaignsMiddle ClassPullingWorking ClassTrailsInfrastructureObamacareBack To Work Author:Nina Turner
“We tell market researchers that we don't mind paying more for green benefits but only a minority of zealots ever really will. A campaign that delivers more widespread green behaviour is going to need to be cleverer that that.” NeedsMindBusinessBenefitsGreenCampaignsMinoritiesBehaviourResearchersZealot Author:Chris Powell