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Originally Posted by JamesGw
I really don't understand why tax money isn't used to fund elections, honestly. It's not a huge expense and it'd help cut out lobbying, which is one of the worst things to happen to this country.
The hardest part would be the distribution of the funds. Are we going to split $2 billion USD among 15 candidates?
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Taxes are already used to fund elections. See the
FEC site. Most successful candidates just also get other funding and some skip government funding.