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Welfare for politicians? taxpayer financing of campaigns - Washington Cato Institute 2005 - vi,312p. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The case against taxpayer financing: a view from Massachusetts / Thomas M. Finneran -- Three lessons from Arizona / Chip Mellor -- Elections in Arizona, clean and unclean / Robert J. Franciosi -- Does cleanliness lead to competitiveness? the failure of Maine's experiment / Patrick Basham and Martin Zelder -- Our democracy, our airwaves / Paul Taylor -- Why subsidize the soapbox? the McCain free airtime proposal and the future of broadcasting / John Samples and Adam Thierer -- The Constitutional case against 'free' airtime / Laurence H. Winter -- Reform without reason? the scientific method and campaign finance / Jeffrey Milyo and David Primo -- The failure of taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns / John Samples -- Are matching funds only 'for losers'? a post-2004 vision for a renewed public funding system / Michael J. Malbin -- Taxpayer financing in comparative perspective / Patrick Basham.

ISBN: 9781930865730

LCCN: 2004065019

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Campaign funds--United States.

LC Class. No.: JK1991 / .W45 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 324.780973 / WE-