1) only individual US citizens in good standing may donate
2) contributors must furnish picture Id
3) political orgs/candidates must keep records of contributions
4) dollar limit is $2,000 per individual per year
That would be true campaign finance reform.
Obama Turns Blind Eye to Credit Card Donation Fraud
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_illegal_donations/2008/10/21/142761.html
What do Bart Simpson, Family Guy, Daffy Duck, King Kong, O.J. Simpson and Raela Odinga have in common?
All are celebrities; and with the exception of Odinga and O.J. Simpson, they also are fictional characters. And yet, all of them gave money earlier this month to the campaign of Barack Obama, without any apparent effort by the campaign to screen them out as suspect donors.
The Obama fundraising machine may owe its sensational success in part to a relaxation of standard online merchant security practices, which has allowed illegal donations from foreign donors and from unknown individuals using anonymous “gift” cards, industry analysts and a confidential informant tell Newsmax.
**“OBAMA’S FOREIGN DONORS: THE MEDIA AVERTS ITS EYES”**
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html
(He accepts credit cards including Macy’s.)
**Fictitious Donors Found in Obama Finance Records**
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/politics/10donate.html?ref=politics
just more laws to be ignored. while the presstitutes look the other way.
George Will’s list (paraphrased) from some years ago:
1) No limits.
2) No foreign money.
3) Full (and timely) disclosure.
That is, let any legitimate American source contribute whatever they want to whomever they want, but that information is in the public domain to potentially be used against the recipients.