It was revealed this morning on Sunrise that the major parties have not yet launched their Campaigns and that until they do so, in the last 2 weeks of the lead up to the Election we, the long suffering taxpayers, have been footing the bill for all of their jaunts around the country drumming up support, paying for chartered jets etc. The only thing the parties have paid for are their TV/Radio ads. They won't start paying they're own way on flights etc. until their campaigns are 'officially' launched 2 weeks out from the Election.
I don't know about you but I'm really, REALLY miffed by this revealation.
What do you think? Should political parties start paying as soon as an Elelction is called or is it their God given right to use our money on their flits around the country selling themselves and making core or non-core promises just to lure our vote????
2007-11-08 17:51:48 · 7 answers · asked by Kay P 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Politicians must not use public funds since these must be used for public services. Taxpayers are entitled to excellent public services and the leaders must know it rather than preparing for their personal interests such as campaigning in order to win.
2007-11-08 19:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would happen if it wasn't tax-payer funded?
Private companies would be asked to fund campaigns. The parties would become stooges for whaever company was paying them. Public interest goes out the window for private profit.
Can you imagine how awful it would be if politicians not only had to campaign for votes, they had to campaign for money? It would be a circus, a stuntshow, a non-stop popularity contest... an american election!
I think what we need is limits on the length of campaigns and exactly what constitutes campaigning.
2007-11-09 15:47:16 · answer #2 · answered by splurkles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone needs to understand that the government is the only one that has taxpayer funds to spend on advertising and that is what they have been doing ever since Rudd was elected leader of the ALP. Calling pro-AWA ads essential info ads is just another example of cynical double standards that this government has been applying for over a decade. Don't forget who has been spending a million dollars a day of OUR money on pro-government advertising when you vote.
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2016-10-01 23:56:25 · answer #4 · answered by ledsome 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
every ad is our tax money and its not either parties. every time a politician speaks about big money here and there its not their money its the tax payers, and yes I would like to see that all travel and Previous travel that has been made by this current Government be returned to the Tax payer and that it should not be taxed and it should come from their own personal bank accounts.
2007-11-08 19:51:37 · answer #5 · answered by the.texican 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its been going on for decades , the only way to stop it is vote out both republicans and Democrats , things like this are the reason we are a 2 party system they have rigged it so much in there favor that both party's need to go.
2007-11-08 20:33:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately they hold the purse strings so it wouldn't matter whether they were labor or liberal they still spend our money however they like, always have and probably always will
2007-11-08 23:30:43 · answer #7 · answered by wake up 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋