Taxation Only With Representation by Richard W. Painter

by Richard W. Painter

This book is the first comprehensive discussion of corruption in campaign finance from the viewpoint of a political conservative. In this book, Richard Painter discusses how our money driven campaign system undermines the vision of our Founding Fathers and just about every principle that conservatives believe in. Painter then lays out a plan for reform that conservatives, and the Supreme Court, will defining the government's right to tax its citizens in a way that will give each citizen a real voice in funding campaigns for elected officials.

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About the author

Richard W. Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law at University of Minnesota Law School

Painter has served as a tenured member of the law faculty at the University of Oregon School of Law and the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was the Guy Raymond and Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Professor of Law from 2002 to 2005. He has been the S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Minnesota Law School since 2007.