Campaign Finance Reform: A Modest Proposal

Published: August 30, 2007, 6:00 am

With the news that one of Hillary Clinton's biggest fundraisers is a criminal fugitive, I've been thinking about campaign finance reform. And I think I have a fairly simple set of ideas that ought to clean up politics a bit. No limits to political contributions from individuals, corporations or organizations. All contributions to a political campaign must be posted to a public web site within 72 hours of processing. Once every two weeks, candidates must produce a NASCAR-style jacket bearing the names (for individuals) or logos (for organizations) of their top ten contributors. These jackets must be worn by the candidate and designated spokesmen at any and all campaign-related events. Any and all attempts to conceal the source of a contribution, through "gifts" and "loans" to third parties, will be considered a form of election fraud and subject to serious criminal penalties. The basic concept uniting all these is simple: "sunlight is the best disinfectant." No games, no tricks,

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