The Secret to Fixing Campaign Finance is Secrecy

In an op-ed for the Washington Post , R.R. Reno and Marc Geffroy propose a creative way to reform campaign finance— anonymity :

Our system of campaign finance is corrupt. Money floods into campaign coffers, but rarely because of a heartfelt desire to advance a political cause. The three most important words in Washington are access, access, access. Money, of course, buys access.

There is a way to break the iron grip on access that campaign contributions provide. The United States should establish an anonymous campaign finance system. We need a federally chartered clearinghouse for campaign donations that matches donors to designated, registered candidates and political action committees. Under such a system, politicians would not know who supports their careers, er, causes.

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