``... this is a piece of legislation that we can't support because, quite frankly, it just provides a foundation to continue with what is currently a very ineffective system on the federal level. (daveberta.ca)
Bill Mahoney of NY PIRG writes in Wednesday's Times Union that in order for a public campaign financing program to succeed in New York state, it must be accompanied by an overhaul of the state's current ineffective system. (reinventalbany.org)
Throwing more money at an already ineffective system is not an effective way to use taxpayers» money either. (slaw.ca)