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a we pay for their campaign expenscs? For. federal elected officials, the funds should be drawn from the federai ‘treasury. The funds » _— ‘for st oa and local officials, campaigning, should be. drawn from’ the - state dnd local treasury. - This could be on a winner take all basis, where only the. successful candidate would be reinbursed for his or ‘ . “her campaign expenses. . This method alone would automatically bring’ 3 better commitments ° and more ‘sincerity to politics by. both incumbents’ and newcomner's We. believe. this method ‘would be just as fair as the present one, where. the loser of an election is not reimbursed for _ his campaign expenses, “ tn, nek ce _ oe : . ae In 1972 Senator Me. Govern did not get reimbursed for his can J —m 7 paign expenses, “neither ‘did Richard Nixon, yet we feel that he Should have been. In our opinion there should be no’ advance payments made by the people to candidates seeking public office. There are none wat made at present, but - the same methods used now to acquire funds . to run - for public office could continue” to. be used. ‘The funds for a candid . : ates Campaign could ‘be borrowed, raised, given; or self financed. This would prevent everybody in a major county from running for mayor. of the city. The losing candidate would continue to take” a tax de~ duction for his or her Personal iosses. a “ve ve, We are furnishing people with the names and addresses of the politicians who represent then in their ‘particular area at all levels - of governmeng. _We are urging them to write to their congressmen and apply. public. pressure to get the Internal Revenue Service te modify, . } . their laws. This will close some ‘of the loopholes that are ‘desigaed —_ ie! ue for. use by big business. ‘We are urging our congressmen to utilize