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The Issues by William Coit
Monday, November 26, 2001Campaign Finance Reform
I overwhelmingly support reform of Campaign Finance laws to prevent special interest groups, powerful corporations, unions and wealthy individuals from legally bribing elected officials. I would vote in favor of the Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform bill (H.R. 2356) which would ban unlimited soft money contributions to political parties, mandate lower rates for TV and radio advertisement, and maintain the $1,000 limit on individual contributions.
Defense Spending
I support increasing defense spending to 300+ billion dollars a year. Our spending should approach levels reached during the Ronald Reagan Administration. The world is a dangerous and unpredictable place requiring American military vigilance. Weapons modernization may seem unnecessary, but it is precisely the overwhelming superiority of U.S. weapons systems that deters many potential adversaries from even attempting to challenge the international status quo for fear of conflict with the American military.
The Budget
I support the "Truth in Budget Balancing Act.” Such a statute would not mandate a balanced budget, but would require the President to submit to Congress both a budget that would be in balance (so that everyone would know what the consequences would be), and the budget that he would like enacted for that year. Congress would then, as it does now, adopt its own budget and would either agree with the President's balanced budget proposal or adopt its own non- binding balanced budget.
Campaign Finance Reform
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