Campaign finance reform laws are the biggest con ever pulled on the nation.

They take as their presumption that speech is dangerous and must be curtailed. It is a "Big Lie" behind which elected officials hide their endless efforts to make themselves immune from defeat at the polls, while at the same time being viewed by left-liberals and self-interested newspaper editorialists as saintly "reformers".

Here is a beautifully argued piece that discusses that flim-flam flummery:


George F. Will: McCain-Feingold pollutes free speech