Voters, it’s up to you now

San Francisco Chronicle – Letters to the Editor – Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A call for public financing

If the “populist-progressive alliance” called for by E.J. Dionne Jr. (“A real wave of populism,” Jan. 25) wants to drive a stake into the heart of the Supreme Court-backed corporate takeover of our country, it must be willing to use its money to support public funding of elections, where candidates choose to use only public funds and voters are smart enough to reject corporate and special interest candidates.

The cost per voter is small but well worth it if we want a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Groups like www.publicampaign.org explain how public financing works.

TOM MILLER Oakland