“Reformers desperate to resuscitate taxpayer funding [of elections] cite the supposedly scandalous fact that each party's 2008 presidential campaign may spend $500 million. If so, Americans volunteering to fund the dissemination of speech about candidates for the nation's most consequential office will contribute $1 billion, which is about half the sum they spend annually on Easter candy. Some scandal.”

—  George Will

Column, September 28, 2006, "Checkout for an Undemocratic Checkoff" http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will092806.php3 at jewishworldreview.com.
2000s

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