Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

usually_bad_ideas t1_iues36j wrote

Is there a monetary requirement to be allowed to enter a debate?

13

thisoneisnotasbad t1_iufaix2 wrote

Yes there is, pretty fucked up huh. Money directly gives access to speech.

20

Personal_Change4294 t1_iufatgp wrote

Yea I kinda disagree with this approach. Gotta take money out of the equation.

13

thisoneisnotasbad t1_iufbto8 wrote

There does need to be some barrier to entry so the debate is not 100 crazy people but there has to be a better way.

11

Bradcopter t1_iufdzcf wrote

Make them collect signatures to prove there's interest.

11

Personal_Change4294 t1_iufj5md wrote

That's great, except hard to verify for small scale orgs

He had to hit 25k, seems like that should be pretty easy if you're a serious candidate.

1

Formal-Day9640 t1_iuewu31 wrote

Sometimes in the primary, to reduce the number of participants.

10

landodk t1_iufadgs wrote

I think a certain amount of donations

2

JanglesMontgomery t1_iugsz3b wrote

I generally agree with you that money should neber dictate access to opportunity, but in terms of getting on a debate stage for a political campaign I agree with it being in place. They dont have to pay to get in, its about how much your campaign has raised and its usually a relatively low threshold. If they didnt then there could be 50 people on the stage cuz they filed a piece of paperwork

2