The best available evidence suggests that funding political campaigns with public dollars does little to reduce special interest influence, encourage competitive races or boost political participation. (ij.org)
«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said the spokesman, Scott Reif. (nystateofpolitics.com)
«Wealthy special interest groups spending millions in an effort to promote taxpayer funded political campaigns is the height of hypocrisy,» said the group's executive, Brian Sampson. (nystateofpolitics.com)