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Friday, April 4, 2014

Why campaign donations should be secret

Posted on 10:13 AM by kitkat boom
There is a real cost to making campaign donations public.  Take an example from this week: 
Mozilla -- most famous for its Firefox browser -- patted itself on the back for standing up for equal rights when it forced out CEO Brendan Eich Thursday after only a week on the job.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based organization infuriated many employees and users last week by promoting Eich. The hullabaloo centered on Eich’s $1,000 donation in 2008 to support Prop 8, the California initiative that barred same-sex marriage in the state.
The dating website OkCupid, which says 8 percent of its users are gay or lesbian, boycotted Firefox earlier this week, telling its users not to use Mozilla's software to access the site in light of Eich's promotion. . . .
Imagine the impact that public information on donors could have on the willingness of people to make donations against powerful politicians. 
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