Electoral Finance Act calumny

[Winston001]

I personally was appalled that political parties were limited in the amount they were allowed to spend in their campaigns. Surely it's up to each party to bolster their own coffers before a general election and then spend it all in advertising to strengthen the county's economy (by keeping advertising execs in work and therefore buying perfoemance cars and paying for hookers - thus spreading the cash around) rather than blagging government funds to advertise the next government.

Weird.

Its fairly common in Western countries for limits and disclosure of election funding to be required. It does make sense. Imagine the McJim Party producing beautiful advertising promising to build a nuclear reactor if elected. Really persuasive stuff which captures the electorates imagination.

Later we learn that PM McJim was paid US$30 million by General Electric which by good luck also won the new reactor contract for $5 billion....

Don't you think people might want to know that....?
Bu hey, I'd vote fo ya anyway. And where's that bridge you were going to deliver to me...??

[McJim]

Its fairly common in Western countries for limits and disclosure of election funding to be required. It does make sense. Imagine the McJim Party producing beautiful advertising promising to build a nuclear reactor if elected. Really persuasive stuff which captures the electorates imagination.

Later we learn that PM McJim was paid US$30 million by General Electric which by good luck also won the new reactor contract for $5 billion....

Don't you think people might want to know that....?
Bu hey, I'd vote fo ya anyway. And where's that bridge you were going to deliver to me...??

Man with most money buys most votes - seems like perfect capitalist democracy in action to me. Isn't that how it works in the states?

But yes - by all means have transparency of the sources but why bother limiting the expenditure?