Financing Quote by Bernie Sanders

I believe we have to move, eventually in our country, toward a system of public financing that really works for candidates running for federal…

— Janet Napolitano

The key to fixing public financing is to free politics from big money.

— Zephyr Teachout

The great problem with government is that it never goes bankrupt.

— Jerry Brown

I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the capacity and…

— Thomas Pogge

Public campaign financing isn't perfect and can doubtlessly be improved upon as we go.

— Molly Ivins

In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle…

— Mitch Daniels

Presidential money is almost like the housing bubble. It's growing at such an astronomical rate, you think it can't get any bigger.

— Chuck Todd

We have a cleaner system of government in this state where people run based on their ideas, not based on their ability to raise…

— Chris Murphy

We can have a political system that works for the people and allows for the economy to thrive. It doesn't have to be either.

— Jamaal Bowman

Our financial system, for as advanced a country that we are, could be so much better.

— Baiju Bhatt

One of the greatest challenges of democracies today is the question of financing campaigns. It's a tremendous challenge. Obviously I think the solution is…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Big money is ruining the political system.

— Arlen Specter