Real tax reform will require fundamental campaign finance reform, including meaningful limits on campaign contributions and expenditures, whether through a Constitutional Amendment, public financing, or a sea change in the Court's view of money in politics over the next generation.
"These are sweeping, broad-based reform proposals and meet the test of real, fundamental campaign finance reform," Mr. Wertheimer said.
"The Clinton-Gore administration has made a major retreat on fundamental campaign finance reform," the statement said.
While fundamental campaign finance reform may ultimately require a constitutional amendment, there are less drastic steps we can take to curb the distorting influence of money in politics.
The values I cherish and laid out in this campaign are embodied in issues such as access to health care for all Americans, elimination of child poverty, bold steps to get guns off of our streets, genuine racial unity, education that works for everyone and fundamental campaign finance reform.
Fundamental to finance over long spans of time is the time value of money.
The issue was fundamental: Her finance minister wanted to compel a eurozone member to leave "voluntarily" by exerting massive pressure.
Fundamental campaign finance reforms to prevent political corruption and promote fair elections have been won by reform supporters in the past.
Topics for classes include fundamentals of finance, legal aspects of corporate governance and legal requirements for disclosure.
Valentina Luo, a former student who attended his class on principles of economics, said Professor Xia had spent more time boasting about his time as a visiting scholar in the United States than lecturing about the fundamentals of finance and market economics.
