I. Political Reform A. Campaign finance 1. Under the current
system, no matter how many times soft money is reformed and
giving limits are set, things will not change unless drastic
changes are made. 2. Populist USA wants a cap to be set for each
party in regards to funding. The cap will be proportionally
based on party performance from the last election. Once the cap
is set, parties will be allowed to raise funds up to but not
exceeding the capped level This will keep the parties from
raising obscene amounts of money; it will insure that the rich
guy does not always win. B. Term limits 1. Congress is
increasingly dominated by career politicians, people who have
almost no chance of being defeated in reelection campaigns. As
such, they lose a sense of accountability to the people and also
distort the intents of the founding fathers. The founding
fathers intended for congressmen to be citizen servants, serving
short terms in Congress. Instead, Congress has become dominated
by professionals. 2. Populist USA want