...were publicly funded? and funded in the following way only....
A tax is assessed to each person filing income taxes and of half of 1% of the income and that money would go into a general election fund for national public office, including presidential, senatorial an" d and congressional races. I estimate such an "election" tax could raise about 3 billion dollars or more which is more than enough to fund all those races in primaries and gneral elections.
But assuming elections were truly publicly funded, how would lawmakers's attitudes change when it came to voting on laws and policies? And, is it worth it for you to pay a half of 1% of income tax to have that change in attitude?
A tax is assessed to each person filing income taxes and of half of 1% of the income and that money would go into a general election fund for national public office, including presidential, senatorial an" d and congressional races. I estimate such an "election" tax could raise about 3 billion dollars or more which is more than enough to fund all those races in primaries and gneral elections.
But assuming elections were truly publicly funded, how would lawmakers's attitudes change when it came to voting on laws and policies? And, is it worth it for you to pay a half of 1% of income tax to have that change in attitude?