Election Campaigns. Contributions and Spending Limits. Public Financing. Disclosures. Initiative Statute.
	Rebuttal to Argument Against Proposition 25

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As usual, the special interests are trying to fool you.

Proposition 25 costs us only about $1 per year, a cheap price to clean up politics in California.

The opponents' arguments are not the REAL reasons why they oppose the initiative.

Our REAL opponents--the big corporations, big unions, and others spending millions to defeat our campaign reform initiative--are the ones who write our elected officials checks for $100,000 or $200,000 or even more.

Of course they oppose campaign reform. They always have. They always will.

They own our government and they don't want the people of California to buy it back.

• Proposition 25 LIMITS TOTAL PUBLIC FUNDING FOR CAMPAIGNS TO JUST $1 PER TAXPAYER PER YEAR. Candidates don't get ANY taxpayer money--they get LIMITED free air time IF they agree to limit their spending.
• Proposition 25 requires immediate Internet disclosure of all contributions of $1,000 or more.
• Proposition 25 puts severe restrictions on the amount of money that millionaire candidates can spend on their own campaigns, and restricts the amount of money which can be given to political parties or candidates.
• Proposition 25 bans corporate contributions to candidates.
• Proposition 25 forces campaigns to tell the voters in their advertisements how much they're spending.
• Proposition 25 will give California one of the least corrupt election systems in America, and create an important model for national campaign finance reform.

Don't be fooled by the special interests. Take back our government for $1 per year. Vote YES on Proposition 25!

MARCH FONG EU
Former California Secretary of State

THOMAS K. HOUSTON
Former Chair, California Fair Political Practices Commission

DONALD KENNEDY
Former President, Stanford University

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