Following up on this post, my colleague Ellen Aprill offers these thoughts:
The basic rule is that lobbying and political expenditures must come out of after-tax money (not pre-tax, that is, not deductible, money). There is a narrow exception… Continue reading
John Samples has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The U.S. Constitution vests all the “legislative powers” it grants in Congress. The Supreme Court allows Congress to delegate some authority to executive officials provided an “intelligible principle”… Continue reading
New PPIC poll:
Asked about another of their June ballot choices, a majority of likely voters (56%) say they will vote yes on
Proposition 14, the measure to change the primary election process, while 27 percent would vote no… Continue reading
I think Yglesias means “expenditures,” but he has a point, no?
UPDATE: No. Tax people tell me this is not correct. I will post a longer explanation later.