How Much is Your Vote Worth?: The Unfairness of Campaign Spending Limits

by Filip Palda

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558152849
• ISBN13: 9781558152847
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: ICS Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A book that blows your hair back

Wow. And I thought that campaign spending was the root of all evil. That was before I read Professor Palda's book. In a way I hate and love this book. I hate it because the writing is so good it lulls you and draws you in, just like those sirens callig Ullyses. I love it because for the first time I get to see the opposite point of view. And it makes sense. Established candidates want to use the power of their office to block all new entrants into the political market. So they want to impose spending limits. Established candidates are already known so money does not matter that much to them. New candidates get much bigger bang per buck and so money is ALL IMPORTANT to them. This is how a spending limit or its analogue, a contribution limit, can be self-serving even though they sound very high-minded and public spirited. My central objection to this book is that it makes me feel like I have no valid objections left and that it completely overturned my preconceived notions about campaign spending. Apart from that, it is a witty, delightful eye-opener and I suggest it to anyone who is tired of the regulare media propaganda of the evils of campaign spending.