[Lessismore]

Solution to campain finance.

It won't happen. The fundamental problem of democracy is --How does the establishment ensure that no matter how the voters vote, the winner will be acceptable to the establishment?

The empowering of the Democrat and Republican parties by law to choose candidates and fund their campaigns goes a long way toward solving that problem. Furthermore, it is lots more convenient and safer for the establishment to fund the parties and candidates via corporations and other organizations that they control than to do so personally and publicly.

[Joan912]

The reaction from Congress is so blase'- ho hum, Enron gave us how much money during the last election? It's as if our precious congressmen cannot even be bothered to care about the latest corporate fleecing. This whole sordid episode really sickens me. The sad reality is that absolutely nothing will happen as a result of ongoing 'investigations'. We'll be fed the usual soundbites about accountability and how our elected officials are going to get to the bottom of this and make sure it never happens again. Senator So-and-so may demand stricter laws governing campaign contributions, but in the end, wealthy companies and entities will continue to buy Congress, the public be damned.