choice three is not choice

[Susan Marano <marano-s@hotamil.com>]

In the new Jersey Star Ledger this past Sunday was a front page news article on those in our state who had donated the most "soft money" during this past campaign. So what?  So the public now knows?  That certainly isn't going to stop these contributors from continuing to send large contributions as long as they can get away with it.  The interesting thing about the article was a comment made by one of the largest individual contributors. He felt that campaign contributions should be controlled, and the only reason he had contributed  a large sum was to help the Deomocrat party compete with the Republican party on a more level playing field.  Besides, why should someone like John Corzine be allowed to indiscriminately spend HUGE sums of money because he's wealthy?  If America is truly a democracy, we MUST make efforts to make campaign spending more equitable.  The Steve Forbes and Jon Corzines of the world should have limits placed on their spending, even if they are very wealthy.  There have got to be limits on the total costs of a campaign.  And, believe me, the American public would be delighted to see a lot less advertising done by our political candidates!