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Robert Drozdowski Political Science 111 Ed Marrits November 26, 2001 The fight for campaign-finance reform is a bad exercise in blaming the victim. The so-called problem, is that politicians are forced to pull in vast corrupting sums from special interests looking for favors. Proposed solutions range from stricter limits on campaign contributions which is the centerpiece of the McCain-Feingold, plan making it the idea total government financing of federal elections. But portraying businessmen as corrupt "fat cats" seeking to buy political influence simply makes them scapegoats for the real villains, who are really the politicians who seek to gain influence over business. In today's mixed economy, with its enormous confusions of taxes, government holds the power to cripple any private company. What, then, is the meaning of, the $70,000 "soft money" contribution to the Republican Party made by a large regional phone company that stood to gain from pending telecommunications legislation? Are donations like this an...

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