前参议员泰斯特10月25日撰文推“蒙大拿计划”拟从州法层面限制企业政治献金
10月25日，曾在联邦参议院代表蒙大拿州18年的前参议员乔恩·泰斯特发表评论文章，力推今年秋季交付蒙大拿州选民表决的“蒙大拿计划”。这是一项新颖的州级公投倡议，核心主张是：州政府历来有权规定企业的权力范围，也有权改变它，因此可以通过重新定义企业权力，把企业资金赶出政治话语。泰斯特写道，他在参议院任职期间最感挫败的事之一，就是眼看着企业资金不断涌入、毒害政治讨论，而华盛顿无力也无意修复最高法院2010年“公民联合会案”裁决造成的局面——该裁决以言论自由为由，允许企业和工会不受限地独立支出选举资金。泰斯特表示，这场始于各州的“静悄悄的革命”可能最终解决企业资金问题，而他的家乡蒙大拿州正走在前列。这项倡议将于11月3日交付选民表决。
来源：GSM·美国
Former Senator Tester promotes the 'Montana Plan' in October 25 essay to curb corporate campaign money through state law
On October 25, former Senator Jon Tester, who represented Montana in the U.S. Senate for 18 years, published an essay promoting the 'Montana Plan,' which goes before Montana voters this fall. The novel state ballot initiative argues that because state government has always had the authority to define corporate powers — and to change them — it can redefine those powers to drive corporate money out of political speech. Tester wrote that one of his greatest frustrations in the Senate was watching corporate money pour in and poison political debate while Washington proved unable and unwilling to repair the damage from the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which, on free-speech grounds, allowed corporations and unions to spend without limit on independent election spending. Tester said the 'quiet revolution' beginning in the states might ultimately solve the corporate-money problem, and that his home state of Montana is leading the way. The initiative will be decided by voters on November 3.
Source: GSM·USA
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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