, and according to the Supreme Court, it is part of your first amendment liberties to give “soft money”. While it may not be the most ethical of democratic way to influence a government, it is a by-product of the republican form of government that has worked so well for over two hundred years. Until interest groups become a major problem recognized by the majority we will have to find a way to live with them. Madison stated in federalist 10 that there were two ways to get rid of interest groups that he called “factions”: “one, by removing its causes; the other by controlling its effects.” Madison and the founders thought that removing the factions was “a remedy that is worse than the disease.” “The hidden causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” In other words; learn to live with them....
