Lawmakers Rush To Rewrite
Campaign Finance Reform Bill

MONTPELIER, Vt. — With this fall’s election, campaign finance reform will be one of the Legislature’s first tasks in the session that opened Tuesday.

Last year, Republican Gov. Jim Douglas vetoed the campaign finance bill. Lawmakers tried but failed to override the veto in a special session.

Now legislative leaders are rushing to rewrite the bill early in the session so new limits on campaign contributions could be in effect for the election. [snip]

The original bill had all of the bouquet of McCain-Feingold. Holding their noses, the Supremes disinfected Vermont, burying that bill. Back came the same old socialist cant tatted into a new bill, praised by all comrades of Progressive ilk.

Now, one more skip about the May Pole ensues, to slash the financial throat of political speech with the bloody sickle of yore.

Vermont will fund Single Payer Health Care by imposing one party rule. Imagine the savings realized with no costs for elections, lost time from work to vote and except for the approved opposing party candidate no ballot printing costs.

Quite simple isn’t it.

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