[LINK] O/t A strange reluctance of the media to explain it

[Tom Worthington]

On 4/1/20 10:56 am, David wrote:

> ... strict control of political donations ...

Just to get this back on topic, perhaps technology can help. The law
could be changed to require political donations be made only via 
electronic funds transfer. Cash donations would be banned, due to the 
difficulty of tracing shopping bags full of cash. Those donating would 
be required to identify themselves, and the donation would be 
automatically made public at the same time it was transferred to the 
party's account. This system would be run by the ATO ,and also used to 
apply for a tax deduction.

An alternative approach would be to make all donations anonymous, with
it illegal for a donor to disclose what they donated. Individual 
donations would be aggregated and paid in random installments to the 
parties periodically, so it would be hard to identify the source of an 
individual donation.


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