“We calculate the amount spent [by Brethren and other anti- Green groups] was between $500,000 and $1 million - that's a huge amount for a state election campaign in Tasmania.” StatesMillionsGroupsHugeAmountElectionGreenCampaignsBrethrenTasmania Author:Bob Brown
“It will be, I suppose, a foolhardy Government that tries to push through legislation making knowledge of both official languages one of the qualifications for election to the House of Commons or appointment to the Senate, but maybe it will have to come to this as a price we must pay for equality of the two great language groups of our founding fathers.” TryingTwoGovernmentFatherHouseLanguagePayGroupsElectionOfficialsSenateLegislationFoundingOur Founding FathersAppointmentsQualificationsHouse Of CommonsFoolhardy Author:Judy LaMarsh
“The money that is spent in elections is absolutely unconscionable - even if it's private money. It's true that one's not corrupted by the expenditure of one's own money, but to some extent the system is. We cannot have a system in which the only people you can count on for a vote that doesn't look as though it might be a vote for a special-interest group are people with enormous fortunes.” PeopleIfsLooksMightPoliticsInterestGroupsSpecialVoteElectionFortuneEnormousSpecial InterestsExpendituresInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Book:Speaking up Source: Speaking up
“Congress will be tempted to wipe their hands of this, go to the Election Day and say 'we've done our part' and that's where groups like ours, Concerned Veterans for America, veterans across the country have to keep the heat on them to say this is just the start. VA is not fixed.” CountryDoneHandsAmericaGroupsConcernedElectionCongressFixedHeatVeteranTemptedWipeElection Day Author:Pete Hegseth
“Texans for Public Justice, an anti-corruption group based in Texas applauded the indictment. No jury can undo the outcome of Texas 2002 elections, ... but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy no matter how powerful they may be. If we are to be a democracy, then powerful politicians cannot flout such laws with impunity.” IfsMayMatterLawJusticePowerfulDemocracyGroupsPoliticianElectionCorruptionOutcomesTexasJuryJustice SystemImpunityTexanIndictment Author:Craig McDonald
“One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson's investment theory of politics, as he calls it - very outstanding political economist - which essentially - I mean, to say it in a sentence, he describes elections as occasions in which groups of investors coalesce and invest to control the state.” MeanStatesPoliticalGroupsPolicyTheoryElectionInvestmentSentencesOccasionsInvestorsEconomistOutstandingFerguson Author:Noam Chomsky