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Originally posted by Tranc3 It's simple. Lawmakers (a.k.a. politicians) make laws (duh). Said politicians recieve money from special interest groups. Said politicians want to keep recieving money from said special interest groups, so said politicians will keep the money-giving practice legal. But in all seriousness, it's a lot more complicated than that. If individuals that were campaigning for any sort of office were not allowed to recieve any sort of outside money whatsoever, then only the extremely wealthy candidates would ever bother running, as they would be the only ones capable of funding their own campaign. Plus I believe the courts have said giving money to a political candidate is a form of free speech... The major campaign finance reform issues deal with soft money though, which I can explain if you wish but don't feel like writing an explanation just now.

what about my idea of only permitting people to contribute anonymously? what's the flaw with that? because if you have that you can still contribute with money and you have your free speech right left, but the politicians can't see from where the money is comming?