"In recent years, the system has become outdated as the growing costs of presidential campaigns outstripped the public funds provided to participating candidates, but Congress has not updated the system. It needs to be repaired, not repealed, to again provide a viable alternative for presidential candidates to use in financing their campaigns.
A repaired system became all the more essential with the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United decision last year that unleashed the opportunity for massive corporate expenditures in presidential campaigns. This decision has left two funding options: a privately financed system dominated by influence-seeking corporate spenders and other special interests, big givers, and bundlers; or a revitalized publicly financed system funded by average citizens and small donors. [Read the U.S. News debate: Is Citizens United hurting Democracy?]"
Wertheimer Opinion --Tax Payer Checkoff Protects Against Corruption
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