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The First Amendment: In 1976 the Supreme Court threw out mandatory limits on candidate spending while agreeing to limits on contributions. Opponents say the soft money ban and the restrictions on issue ads in the final days of an election violate First Amendment free speech rights. Supporters dispute this, saying that groups and individuals can still run issue ads if they use hard money and disclose the source of the ads.

But what if I'm the source of funding? What if I do it alone? Do I have to go thru all the regulatory crap to become a PAC in order to put up an ad? What if I'm a small business owner and don't like that my congrescritter is going to regulate my business into backruptcy, what then? Do I have to find a group that sees it my way and then donate my 10K to them in order to get my voice heard? See the catch here? They have taken the little guy, the guy that has no affiliation, out of the loop. And stifled any chance at a third party ever getting enough support to take them out.

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