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To: skip2myloo
Tax returns, and other financial, military and medical information is nobody's business - it's private.

I don't think so. I believe privacy is involved, but there are other important elements too.

In having public disclosure of ALL campaign contributions you have the best control over people or groups attempting to "buy" influence. We need to know the politicians base fortune as well as how he or she got the fortune. If I suddenly discovered a fortune in my work, my employer would want to know if I sold company secrets to the enemy. Now I agree about privacy, you don't need to know this about everyone, only the people you place a great deal of trust in. (I worked in a field where I had access to nuclear weapon designs, should I hold that my income tax records and bank accounts are private, or should I have sighed on to voluntary disclosure?) Note, I emphasize voluntary, these politicians can hold out if they have something to hide.

14 posted on 02/29/2004 8:30:51 AM PST by KC_for_Freedom (Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
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To: KC_for_Freedom
You financial worthiness should be part of your SBI investigation -- but, that is not available for public scrutiny.

Campaign contributions are open to scrutiny as a result of FEC Regs - and they should be.

But, I believe Ralph Nader's personal records should remain private.

19 posted on 02/29/2004 9:19:45 AM PST by skip2myloo
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