The state funding of parties

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Created on: 22-10-18 16:01


	The state funding of parties
	Advantages Parties play an important role in representative democracy, so deserve public funding Public funding would remove the great disparity in resources available to different-sized parties If the state matched donations by party members, it might encourage participation by the public and recruitment to parties It would curb the possibly corrupt influence of private backers on party policy e.g. Blair's delay in implementing a ban on tobacco advertising in Formula One racing 1997, after a £1 million donation to Labour from motor-racing boss Bernie Ecclestone	Disadvantages Increased state funding could lead to calls for greater state regulation, possible reducing parties' independence It is hard to decide how much support a party should have to qualify for funding Public funding could isolate parties from the wishes of voters Taxpayers would resent compulsory contributions to parties of which they disapprove
	Evaluation State funding could be a good idea, but the system at the moment works fine, and an additional burden on the taxpayer in a time of relative economic uncertainty would be unwise for a controversial implementation like this.

The state funding of parties

Advantages

Parties play an important role in representative democracy, so deserve public funding
Public funding would remove the great disparity in resources available to different-sized parties
If the state matched donations by party members, it might encourage participation by the public and recruitment to parties
It would curb the possibly corrupt influence of private backers on party policy e.g. Blair's delay in implementing a ban on tobacco advertising in Formula One racing 1997, after a £1 million donation to Labour from motor-racing boss Bernie Ecclestone

Disadvantages

Increased state funding could lead to calls for greater state regulation, possible reducing parties' independence
It is hard to decide how much support a party should have to qualify for funding
Public funding could isolate parties from the wishes of voters
Taxpayers would resent compulsory contributions to parties of which they disapprove

Evaluation

State funding could be a good idea, but the system at the moment works fine, and an additional burden on the taxpayer in a time of relative economic uncertainty would be unwise for a controversial implementation like this.

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The state funding of parties

The state funding of parties

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