Wisconsin: GOP lawmaker says campaign financing too transparent, proposes law to shut the drapes
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No, it's not a joke.
GOP lawmaker's bill takes aim at campaign donor disclosure law
A legislative committee on Thursday will take up a bill that would roll back transparency for those contributing to political campaigns.
The measure, sponsored by Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, would do away with a provision in state election law that requires those who donate more than $100 during a calendar year reveal their employer.
The disclosure law is meant as a way of preventing business owners from secretly donating money to campaigns through their employees. But this year, during the heated protests over collective bargaining, those same reports were sometimes used to protest or boycott businesses that supported Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans.
"To restore civility and help our business climate, we have to leave businesses off these reports," Grothman said.
Grothman wants to "restore civility". Ha. What he wants is for businesses to be able to donate to him and his Rethug cronies and not be subject to any consumer actions.
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