Not exact matches
But while supporters of state funding believe it to be a panacea to end big
donations, reduce the risk of corruption and support smaller parties, the fact that state funding is being given serious consideration actually demonstrates how political parties have not done
enough to broaden their memberships and attract voluntary support from the
public.
Without a
public campaign finance system that matches private
donations and encourages small - dollar contributions, outsider legislative candidates have little to no chance of raising
enough cash to stage a significant challenge without strong name recognition or support of established organizations, unions, and local political figures.
But her
donations are now about # 5,000 a year, not
enough to appear on the Electoral Commission's
public register of party
donations.
This weekend's Wall Street Journalinterview with the foundation's namesake about those school reform efforts once again hit upon one of the most - salient points I had made: That private - sector
donations to
public school districts and efforts at influencing policy won't be
enough to continue the overhaul of American
public education.
One of the first sites that operates through user - interest dollars was Unglue.it, who as early as 2011 was working to solicit
donations to take existing books and basically «unglue» the copyright status; for
enough donations, the rights» holder — either the publisher, the author, or the author's estate — would be compensated to release the book into
public domain.